Sunsetting a feature
It is used by a small group who will be loud about losing it, and the maintenance cost is real but has never been counted.
What this decision usually turns on
- Who depends on it and how much
- Maintenance and support cost
- Migration path
- Reputational cost
- What the freed capacity buys
These are a starting point. The first thing Phronexia does is help you decide which of them actually matter here, and what weight each one carries.
Who should be in it
- Product lead
- Support
- Engineering lead
Related decisions
Prioritizing features for a quarter
Rank competing roadmap candidates against explicit criteria, so the cut line is defensible when someone asks why their item missed.