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In this paper we present a practical method that can be applied to support the prioritization of large sets of candidate software features in a requirements prioritization process. We consider as prioritization criteria the satisfaction/dissatisfaction of users from offering/not offering software features as part of an upcoming software release. There is often an asymmetry between users' satisfaction and dissatisfaction when these two factors are considered as prioritization criteria of features: some features may generate satisfaction to users, if included in the next software release, but do not create the same value of dissatisfaction, if they are not included, and vice versa. This asymmetry may introduce additional hesitation and uncertainty to stakeholders when they adopt satisfaction/dissatisfaction as prioritization criteria. The suggested method initially requires from stakeholders to systematically rank all candidate features …