Score every idea or task by Reach, Impact, Confidence, and Effort — then let the math rank your backlog instead of the loudest voice in the room.
Use TemplateRICE turns a debate into a calculation. Every idea or task gets scored on the same four criteria, so priority comes from the numbers — not from whoever pitches loudest. Read how to customize RICE for your business goals .
Reach
How many customers will this project impact?
Scored as the number of people or events per time period — e.g. "1,200 users / quarter".
Impact
How much will this project increase conversion?
Scored on a scale: 0.25 minimal, 0.5 low, 1 medium, 2 high, 3 massive.
Confidence
How much support do you have for your estimates?
Scored as a percentage: 20% moonshot, 50% low, 80% medium, 100% high.
Effort
How much team time will the feature require?
Scored as a number of "person-months" — the same unit across every idea or task.
The four criteria combine into one number, so ideas of any shape — a quick fix or a quarter-long bet — land on the same ranked list.
Ducalis computes the score live as your team fills in each field, no spreadsheet required.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RICE SCORE · CALCULATOR │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ Reach 2,400 users / quarter │ │ Impact 2 high │ │ Confidence 80% medium │ │ Effort 3 person-months │ │ │ │ Total Score = 2400 × 2 × 0.8 / 3 = 1,280 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Once every idea or task carries a RICE score, the backlog sorts itself. No more guessing what's next — the highest-scoring idea or task sits at the top.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ BACKLOG · RANKED BY RICE │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ IDEA / TASK SCORE RANK │ │ "Bulk CSV import" 1,280 #1 │ │ "Slack notifications" 640 #2 │ │ "Dark mode" 180 #3 │ │ │ │ ▸ re-ranks live as inputs change │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Three ideas, four inputs each, one ranked list — this is what a RICE-scored backlog looks like in practice.
| Idea / Task | Reach | Impact | Confidence | Effort | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulk CSV import | 2,400 | 2 | 80% | 3 | 1,280 | #1 |
| Slack notifications | 1,200 | 1 | 80% | 1.5 | 640 | #2 |
| Dark mode | 900 | 1 | 40% | 2 | 180 | #3 |
RICE is a built-in framework — no setup, no custom fields to wire up. Open a board, pick RICE, and start scoring.
Prefer ICE, WSJF, MoSCoW, Eisenhower Matrix, or your own criteria? Switch frameworks anytime — the same backlog carries over.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SCORE THIS IDEA OR TASK │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Reach [ 2,400 ] users/quarter │ │ Impact [ 2 ] high │ │ Confidence [ 80% ] medium │ │ Effort [ 3 ] person-months │ │ │ │ ▸ Total Score 1,280 · auto-computed │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
RICE fits anywhere a team has more ideas than time — here's where it shows up most.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SPRINT BACKLOG │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Sorted by RICE score │ │ │ │ 1,280 Bulk CSV import │ │ 640 Slack notifications │ │ 180 Dark mode │ │ │ │ ▸ top of list = next sprint │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TEAM SCORING SESSION │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ PM Reach 8 · Impact 7 │ │ Eng Effort 5 · Confidence 6 │ │ │ │ Consensus RICE score → 1,280 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ QUARTERLY ROADMAP │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Top 20% by RICE score │ │ auto-promoted to roadmap │ │ │ │ ▸ rest stay visible, not lost │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ IDEA/TASK #42 → RICE 1,280 │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ "Add CSV export to reports" │ │ 96 upvotes folded into Reach │ │ │ │ ▸ scored, ranked, ready │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Ducalis helps companies capture user requests, estimate job size, and prioritize the backlog with RICE — or any framework your team prefers.
No credit card required. Unlimited users. No time limit.
┌─────────────────────────┐
│ REACH × IMPACT │
│ × CONFIDENCE │
│ ÷ EFFORT = SCORE │
└─────────────────────────┘
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