Your question is Allocate Engineers Across Competing Priorities. Take a moment with it on the right.
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You are leading an engineering organization with multiple important initiatives competing for the same people. Some work is tied to customer commitments, some reduces operational risk, and some supports longer-term platform health. You need to make resource allocation decisions without overcommitting the team or creating confusion about why certain work is prioritized over others.
How do you decide where to allocate engineering resources when you have competing priorities?