Product decision game 03
Friday 5PM - a priority matrix triage game
Friday 5PM is a free browser game about the inbox that lands right before the weekend. Fifteen tickets, 45 seconds, and four buckets: do now, schedule, delegate, drop. Sort them like a product manager who wants the team to actually log off.
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How the game works
One ticket is active at a time - a bug, a feature request, an escalation, a piece of tech debt or a quick win. Tap the quadrant it belongs in, or drag it there. A wrong placement flashes red and costs you two seconds, so guessing is expensive.
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The four buckets
Do now is urgent and important. Schedule is important but not on fire. Delegate is urgent for someone, but not for you. Drop is noise wearing a suit. Learning to tell the last two apart is most of the skill.
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What it actually tests
Triage speed, urgency-versus-importance judgement, and the confidence to delegate or close things instead of hoarding them. It is the Eisenhower matrix with a stopwatch attached.
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How you are ranked
Accuracy and clock survival decide your rank and your end-of-shift title. Tickets are drawn from a large shuffled pool, so every Friday looks different. Best scores never leave your device.