Related to this, and something I should write up in more detail one day: Priority is an order.
"High", "Medium", "Low" are not a priority, they are useless.
A priority is an ordering of tasks. Once you free yourself from trying to assign labels to the priority then you free stakeholders from worrying about putting things "very high" in case they tread on toes and you enable an honest conversation about where it belongs in the list of tasks or projects that need finishing.
After all, no-one ever marks things as "low" priority because they understand it'll never get done, and no-one ever marks things as "high" priority because they worry about the politics of doing so.
The result is you get "medium", "Just above medium", "Just above just above medium" and "JAJAM+" in your JIRA. (True story! And a shout out to anyone recognising JAJAM+).
"High", "Medium", "Low" are not a priority, they are useless.
A priority is an ordering of tasks. Once you free yourself from trying to assign labels to the priority then you free stakeholders from worrying about putting things "very high" in case they tread on toes and you enable an honest conversation about where it belongs in the list of tasks or projects that need finishing.
After all, no-one ever marks things as "low" priority because they understand it'll never get done, and no-one ever marks things as "high" priority because they worry about the politics of doing so.
The result is you get "medium", "Just above medium", "Just above just above medium" and "JAJAM+" in your JIRA. (True story! And a shout out to anyone recognising JAJAM+).