I prioritize based on business goals, user impact, and deadlines. I collaborate with stakeholders to align expectations, address dependencies, and ensure high-impact tasks are completed first while maintaining design quality

Prioritizing tasks for UED engagements to meet timeline involves a multi-faceted approach, balancing user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility. Key Factors for Prioritization: - User Impact - Business Goals - Urgency / Criticality - Stakeholder Alignment: Effective UED prioritization is about understanding the convergence between user needs, business objectives, and technical constraints. By using a combination of data, methods, and collaboration, UED teams can ensure that they are focusing on the most impactful tasks within their timelines.

Focus on tasks that help the business, improve user experience, and meet deadlines. Handle urgent tasks first, especially if others depend on them. Choose work that gives the best results with the least effort.

Aren’t deadlines just some arbitrary calculation someone makes up? If you work at a reasonable pace and meet all your deadlines, and then suddenly the deadlines are too tight, it is due to poor planning. If I have to put in extra time to get it done, you better be paying me for it. If you want real advice, stop worrying about it. Do the lowest effort, highest visibility (notice I didn’t say impact) tasks first so that you can get your boss to stop bugging you, and then do the rest of your work in peace at your own pace. You just bought yourself an extra 3-5 business days. You’re welcome.

Here’s my take: I’d zero in on what screws the user most if it’s delayed - think core flows or big pain points. Quick chat with the team to confirm, then I tackle that first. Deadlines matter, but a pissed-off user matters more.