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Key things to know when using this technique

Prioritization is about determining the relative importance of business analysis information, such as the requirements.

There are four main prioritization approaches that you should be aware of:

• Grouping: This is when a business analyst facilitates a discussion where business analysis information is grouped based on categories such as high, medium, and low.

• Ranking: This is simply when the business analysis information is ranked from the most important to the least important. This is often applied as part of the prioritization of a product backlog.

• Timeboxing/budgeting: This is when business analysis information is prioritized based on a fixed allocation of a resource. This is most commonly ...