Prioritize a Catalog Backlog With RICE
Use RICE to prioritize catalog backlog work based on expected user value and delivery effort.
A catalog team must choose between finance mart certification, clickstream lineage, and glossary cleanup with limited stewardship capacity. RICE: Reach x Impact x Confidence / Effort The common trap is to prioritize whoever escalated loudest, which rewards noise rather than catalog value. Reach Estimate affected users or workflows per quarter: Finance mart 120 users, glossary cleanup 60 users, clickstream lineage 18 users. Reach keeps the team honest about how many people benefit. Impact Rate expected improvement: Finance mart high because board reporting risk drops; glossary medium because search confusion drops; clickstream high because privacy and lineage risk drop. Impact should…
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