# Russian Rice Project Management The MoSCoW and RICE methods are well document project management systems for determining build order of features. RICE requires a certain level of scale and skill to implement properly, whereas MoSCoW is simple enough for anyone to use. I modify MoSCoW to add an extra W of wishlist items alongside the usual "Will Nots". MoSCoW is a great starting point, but it isn't enough for many larger projects. It needs another layer of prioritization built in. When you start a project, list out all the deliverable and sort them MoSCoWW Style: 1. Must 2. Should 3. Could/Can 4. Won't/Will Not 5. Wishlist Then, score them based on either RICE or UIE as a team. Default to RICE, but use UIE if this is a new project without prior data, poorly documented, or too small to need RICE. ![[Photos/Pasted image 20210215124441.png]] Sort by the RICE Score or Priority, then start with your MUSTs and go from there. For most of my work, all those deliverables go into a **Project's Birdseye Dashboard**. Don't get carried away in the planning so you can just** KEEP SHIPPING!** ![[Photos/Pasted image 20210214124807.png]] %% ## MoSCoWW 1. Must 2. Should 3. Could/Can 4. Won't/Will Not 5. Wishlist ## RICE ### Reach - Each project has a different Measure ### Impact - A Reach Multiplier .25 - Low 1 - Medium 2 - High 3 - Massive ### Confidence 1. Low (30) 2. Pretty Sure (50) 3. Very Sure (70) 4. Certain (100) ### Effort Person Months - A unit of time. I use weeks or days on small teams. ### Rice Score = ((Reach x Impact x Confidence) / Effort) = Predicted Overall Deliverable Influence ## Poker 1. Time Effort: Days, Weeks, Or Months 1. First Define The Goal Of The Central Authority (Project) 2. MoSCoWW will determine the project requirements 1. Leadership will set reach, impact, confidence 3. The Team will play poker (1,2,3,5,8) for each to grade effort 1. Team may recommend reasoning for revision to leadership RIC 4. New Deliverables will be routed back to MoSCoWW for RIC %% See Also: 1. [[1. Ship30For30]] 2. [[12 Loops, Expanded]] 3. [[Moscow Rice Project Management]] 4. [[GOTBook/2. Final Edits or Revision/First Principles Project Planning]] 5. [[Doing Journal]] 6. [[Are You A Modern Industrialist]]