Drive Product Success with Data Decisions
Drive Product Success with Data Decisions
This course is part of Product Intelligence: Unlock Insights for Product Success Specialization
Instructor: John Whitworth
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What you'll learn
Prioritization frameworks remove bias, enabling data-driven, defensible product decisions stakeholders trust.
Decision memos turn insights into action through clear recommendations and transparent risk assessments.
Sustainable success balances data (impact, effort, confidence) with strategic judgment on timing and competition.
Cross-functional alignment relies on transparent communication of decision criteria and trade-offs, not just outcomes.
Skills you'll gain
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Business Priorities
- Data Storytelling
- Decision Making
- Strategic Communication
- Writing
- Trend Analysis
- Business Writing
- Prioritization
- Product Roadmaps
- Risk Analysis
- Project Estimation
- Report Writing
- Strategic Prioritization
- Resource Allocation
- Analytical Skills
- Product Improvement
- Data Analysis
- Strategic Thinking
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February 2026
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There are 2 modules in this course
Every day, product teams face hundreds of feature requests, stakeholder demands, and strategic decisions. But which ones actually move the needle? This Short Course was created to help data analysis professionals accomplish systematic, defensible product prioritization that drives measurable business impact.
By completing this course, you'll be able to apply proven frameworks like RICE scoring to eliminate subjective bias in feature selection, create compelling decision memos that turn data insights into strategic action, and build stakeholder confidence through transparent, data-backed prioritization processes that you can implement immediately in your next sprint planning session. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Evaluate features for prioritization based on impact, confidence, and effort using structured frameworks Create decision memos that link identified trends to proposed roadmap changes and assess associated risks This course is unique because it combines quantitative prioritization techniques with strategic communication skills, giving you both the analytical tools and the executive-level writing skills to influence product direction. To be successful in this project, you should have a background in data analysis and basic product management concepts.
Learners will master the RICE prioritization framework to systematically evaluate competing product features, eliminating subjective bias through structured impact, confidence, and effort assessments.
What's included
2 videos1 reading2 assignments
2 videosβ’Total 14 minutes
- RICE Framework Fundamentalsβ’6 minutes
- Building Your First RICE Scorecardβ’8 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 8 minutes
- Advanced RICE Implementation Strategiesβ’8 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 20 minutes
- Feature Prioritization Challengeβ’15 minutes
- Feature Prioritization Mastery Checkβ’5 minutes
Learners will master the creation of executive-level decision memos that transform analytical insights into actionable strategic recommendations with comprehensive risk assessment.
What's included
3 videos1 reading2 assignments
3 videosβ’Total 21 minutes
- When Analysis Becomes Actionβ’4 minutes
- Crafting Compelling Executive Recommendationsβ’9 minutes
- Building Professional Decision Memosβ’8 minutes
1 readingβ’Total 10 minutes
- Decision Memo Architecture and Componentsβ’10 minutes
2 assignmentsβ’Total 15 minutes
- Decision Memo Mastery Assessmentβ’5 minutes
- Strategic Product Decision Analysisβ’10 minutes
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