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SAFe® WSJF

SAFe® WSJF, or Weighted Shortest Job First, helps you organize tasks by value and effort to deliver results faster. By comparing the cost of delay with the time and resources needed, you can focus on the work that drives the biggest economic return.

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A visual table comparing product features by their WSJF metrics, highlighting scores for business value, time sensitivity, and job size.
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Ignore sunk costs

Take an economic perspective

Quantify the Cost of Delay

Objective prioritization

SAFe® WSJF gives you a clear, data-driven way to focus on high-value work and speed up delivery. Product owners trust Craft.io for WSJF because it delivers proven results; helping teams move faster, stay aligned, and achieve stronger business outcomes. With expert support, ready-to-use templates, and proven best practices, Craft.io empowers teams to make smarter, data-driven decisions every day.

Focus on financial impact with WSJF

Calculate each of your items according to the cost of delay divided by its job size (the amount of time it’ll take to develop). Prioritize items with the highest score to ensure that you’re working on the items that will generate the most financial value with minimal costs. Leverage this agile framework to benefit from an objective, economic-focused prioritization method that has proven its worth time and time again.

Optimize Your Workflow with Craft.io’s WSJF Prioritization

Craft.io makes it easy to evaluate each backlog item by value, urgency, and effort, helping your team focus on what matters most. WSJF scores update instantly, eliminating manual spreadsheets. You can customize the model, work together in real time, and keep everyone aligned on the most valuable priorities.

FAQ

Why should I use SAFe® WSJF Prioritization?

Use this view to quantify the cost of delay so that you can understand the financial impact of not developing the task.

How should I use SAFe® WSJF Prioritization?

Allocate a score from 1-10 for each of the 4 metrics in the calculation — Value, Time Criticality, Risk Reduction and Job Duration. Now add the scores of value, time criticality, risk reduction and divide the amount by the job duration to get your WSJF score. Items with higher scores should be prioritized above other items as the cost for not developing, or developing them later, is greater than that of the other items.

What does a high SAFe WSJF score indicate?

It means the item has a high Cost of Delay relative to its job size; so it should be prioritized over lower-scoring items.

What outcomes should I expect from this view

This view will make it very your prioritization decisions much easier. The cost of not developing items with high SAFe® WSJF scores will be greater than those with low scores.

What’s the origin of SAFe® WSJF Prioritization?

This prioritization method is based on Shortest Job First which was invented in the 70s when computing resources were scarce and expensive. The Weighted aspect of the calculation was added by Don Reinstern as a way of making the most out of software teams’ efforts.
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