Pick the Next Doc to Write
Prioritize documentation work by user pain and page type rather than by internal urgency alone.
comparison The queue A missing onboarding tutorial, a stale reference page, and a needed troubleshooting guide all compete for one writing slot. You need a repeatable prioritization lens. Prioritization lens Frequency × blockage × recoverability Start with the user need that blocks work most often and least recoverably. Common shortcut Write whatever the loudest internal stakeholder asked for first. The queue reflects user cost instead of internal volume. Prioritize by blocked user work and frequency before you prioritize by visibility or politics. Good docs prioritization is user-cost accounting. When you rank by blocked work and recoverability, your queue gets less…
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