Discovery Backlog & Pipeline Template

Capture discovery opportunities so learning survives the next meeting

This interactive template helps teams record promising ideas, triage them with evidence-informed fields, stage work through lightweight maturity states, and collect the inputs needed for fair prioritization. Use the fields below to create a discoverable, re-usable backlog entry.

Why these fields matter

• Assumption & Hypothesis: Makes the unknown explicit so experiments prove or disprove a clear statement.
• Evidence: Capture signals you already have and gaps to reduce uncertainty.
• Value Estimate and Effort Proxy: Lightweight numbers that enable simple prioritization math.
• Maturity state: Helps teams decide the next action: research, prototype, or scale.

Suggested prioritization method (simple, transparent)

Compute a raw priority score as (Impact × Confidence) ÷ Effort. Higher scores indicate earlier attention. Example:

Impact=4, Confidence=3, Effort=2 → Score = (4×3)/2 = 6

Use the score as a starting point and layer in strategic fit or timing during reviews.

Quick CSV export headers

When exporting, include these CSV columns for each row: title,customer,assumption,hypothesis,evidence,valueEstimate,maturity,effortProxy,confidence,impact,strategicFit,owner,nextStep,tags,notes,createdDate