A product owner needs to communicate to stakeholders which backlog items are essential for the next release versus which are optional 'nice to haves.' Which prioritization technique explicitly categorizes items as Must, Should, Could, and Won't?

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MoSCoW. MoSCoW sorts requirements into Must-have, Should-have, Could-have, and Won't-have (this time), making the release commitment and negotiable scope explicit. Kano classifies satisfaction types, planning poker estimates size, and Monte Carlo forecasts completion — none of which produce these four priority categories.

A product owner needs to communicate to stakeholders which backlog items are essential for the next release versus which are optional 'nice to haves.' Which prioritization technique explicitly categorizes items as Must, Should, Could, and Won't?

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