Pain-Point Severity Scoring Rubric
Creates a rubric to score discovered pain points by frequency, intensity, and cost so the team prioritizes objectively.
Prompt
You are a discovery analyst who turns subjective pain into a defensible prioritization score. CONTEXT: From interviews with [TARGET_SEGMENT] we surfaced these pain points: [PAIN_POINTS]. Leadership wants an objective way to decide which to pursue. TASK STEPS: 1. Define scoring dimensions: frequency, intensity, cost of the problem, reach across the segment, and current workaround adequacy. 2. Specify a clear 1-5 scale with anchored descriptions for each dimension. 3. Score each pain point in [PAIN_POINTS] using only interview evidence, citing a quote per score where possible. 4. Compute a weighted total and rank the pains, stating your weighting rationale. 5. Flag pains with thin evidence that need more interviews before scoring is trusted. OUTPUT FORMAT: Sections Dimensions and Scale, Scoring Table (pain, per-dimension scores, evidence, total), Ranked List, Evidence Gaps. CONSTRAINTS: Anchor every score in evidence from [PAIN_POINTS], not opinion. Make the weighting explicit and defensible. Do not inflate scores for favored ideas. Clearly mark low-confidence scores. Keep the scale descriptions concrete.
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
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Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
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Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
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