# Resolve conflicting stakeholder feedback on a design

Sorts contradictory feedback from different stakeholders into the real underlying concerns, options, and a reply that moves to a decision.

- Topic: Product & UX Design
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Leadership, Research, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/resolve-conflicting-stakeholder-feedback-on-a-design

## Prompt

```text
Help me deal with conflicting feedback on my design.

**The design and its goal:** [WHAT IT IS, WHO IT IS FOR, SUCCESS METRIC]
**Feedback received, by person:** [NAME OR ROLE - THEIR FEEDBACK, VERBATIM IF POSSIBLE]
**Who owns the final decision:** [ROLE, OR "unclear"]
**Deadline:** [WHEN THIS MUST BE SETTLED]
**Evidence I have:** [RESEARCH, DATA, PATTERNS - or "none"]

Steps:
1. For each piece of feedback, identify the concern behind it (e.g. "make the logo bigger" may mean "brand is not recognizable"). Mark which are about user outcomes, business risk, technical cost, or preference.
2. Show where the feedback truly conflicts and where it can all be satisfied with one change.
3. Give 2-3 design options that address the underlying concerns, with trade-offs.
4. Suggest the cheapest way to settle any remaining disagreement with evidence (quick test, data pull, precedent) instead of opinion.
5. Draft a short message to the group that summarizes concerns fairly, presents the options, recommends one, and names who decides by when.

Tone: neutral and respectful of each stakeholder. Do not take sides by name.
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## What to fill in

- WHAT IT IS, WHO IT IS FOR, SUCCESS METRIC
- NAME OR ROLE - THEIR FEEDBACK, VERBATIM IF POSSIBLE
- ROLE, OR "unclear"
- WHEN THIS MUST BE SETTLED
- RESEARCH, DATA, PATTERNS - or "none"

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