# RICE scoring sheet · [Product] · [Quarter] · [Date] **Goal metric all items are scored against:** [one metric] **Reach unit:** accounts / ARR / users / events per [quarter] (use one unit for the whole sheet) **Calibration items:** [two or three reference items with agreed scores] | ID | Initiative | Reach (unit, period, source) | Impact (3 / 2 / 1 / 0.5 / 0.25, rationale) | Confidence (100 / 80 / 50%, evidence label) | Effort (person-months to production and adoption) | RICE | Cost-of-delay note | Override? (dependency, table stakes, commitment) | Decision | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | Score = (Reach × Impact × Confidence) ÷ Effort. ## Evidence labels and confidence caps | Evidence | Maximum confidence | |---|---| | Opinion or conviction | 50% | | Anecdotes, a few customer requests | 50% | | Interviews across personas, or usage data | 80% | | Test result, pilot or incident evidence | 100% | ## Effort includes Build, review, evals, security review, migration, documentation, enablement, support readiness. ## Review questions 1. Which three rows have the weakest evidence? 2. Which items have a deadline or rising cost that RICE ignores? 3. Which items differ by less than the noise? Treat them as ties. 4. Is every item at the same grain (initiatives, not tickets)?