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by lucideer 1566 days ago
As someone often advocating for not building features, after playing with this a little bit I do think some of the constants* behind it's formula are a little off toward the pessimistic/negative outcome.

If a very complex feature is of true high value to 90% of my users, it seems uncontroversially worthwhile: the tool gives me "No, but a close call (48%)"

I'd suggest putting a little more weight on value & user importance and a little less weight on complexity/effort.

Otherwise, GREAT tool. Even just as an aid to get across the idea that some features should not be built, which is often not understood.

*for reference, weights are currently as follows:

# users: 10

effort: -15

user importance: 20

biz complexity: -15

value: 20

risk: -20