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Prioritization Matrix

A tool for better decision-making

3. Types

5. Lets make it happen!

1. Introduction

4.Impact vs. Effort Matrix

2. Purpose

Prioritization Matrix

A tool for better decision-making

3. Types

5. Lets make it happen!

1. Introduction

4.Impact vs. Effort Matrix

2. Purpose

Prioritization Matrix

A tool for better decision-making

3. Types

5. Lets make it happen!

1. Introduction

4.Impact vs. Effort Matrix

2. Purpose

Prioritization Matrix

A tool for better decision-making

3. Types

5. Lets make it happen!

1. Introduction

4.Impact vs. Effort Matrix

2. Purpose

Prioritization Matrix

A tool for better decision-making

3. Types

5. Lets make it happen!

1. Introduction

4.Impact vs. Effort Matrix

2. Purpose

Prioritization Matrix

A tool for better decision-making

3. Types

5. Lets make it happen!

1. Introduction

4.Impact vs. Effort Matrix

2. Purpose

Prioritization Matrix

A tool for better decision-making

3. Types

5. Lets make it happen!

1. Introduction

4.Impact vs. Effort Matrix

2. Purpose

Purpose

• Avoids intuition-only decisions. • Focuses resources on what creates value. • Provides objective, visual framework.

Used in:
  • Strategy.
  • Project management.
  • Innovation.
  • Compliance.
  • Risk management.
  • Personal objectives and productivity.

It helps us focus on what truly matters, so our energy creates the greates impact.

Purpose

• Avoids intuition-only decisions. • Focuses resources on what creates value. • Provides objective, visual framework.

Used in:
  • Strategy.
  • Project management.
  • Innovation.
  • Compliance.
  • Risk management.
  • Personal objectives and productivity.

It helps us focus on what truly matters, so our energy creates the greates impact.

Types of Prioritization Matrices

Impact vs. Effort Matrix
Urgent vs. Important Matrix
Weighted Criteria Matrix

• Considers multiple factors at once, such as cost, benefit, risk, and time. • Each criterion is given a weight and scored for greater precision.

• Popularized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. • Focuses on time management by separating what is urgent from what is truly important

• One of the most common. • Compares the potential impact of an initiative against the level of effort required.

FRAUDBUSTERS

Purpose

• Avoids intuition-only decisions. • Focuses resources on what creates value. • Provides objective, visual framework.

Used in:
  • Strategy.
  • Project management.
  • Innovation.
  • Compliance.
  • Risk management.
  • Personal objectives and productivity.

It helps us focus on what truly matters, so our energy creates the greates impact.

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

A simple 2x2 grid that compares the impact of an initiative (value, benefit, improvement) against the effort required (resources, time, cost).

Quadrants: • High Impact / Low Effort → Quick Wins • High Impact / High Effort → Strategic Projects - Big Bets • Low Impact / Low Effort → Nice to Have - Fills ins • Low Impact / High Effort → Avoid / Waste - Money Pit

Use Case: • Deciding which projects or improvements to prioritize. • Very common in innovation, project management, and operations. • Strengths: Easy to use, highly visual, great for group discussions. • Limitations: Subjective — depends on how you rate “impact” and “effort”.

Prioritization Matrix

Visual tool to decide what to do first.

• Evaluates: impact, effort, cost, urgency • Origin: 1970s–80s, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Mgmt. • Inspired by Kepner & Tregoe, Kaoru Ishikawa, W. Edwards Deming

It provides a clear structure for decision-making by evaluating options through specific criteria

Vikings

Purpose

• Avoids intuition-only decisions. • Focuses resources on what creates value. • Provides objective, visual framework.

Used in:
  • Strategy.
  • Project management.
  • Innovation.
  • Compliance.
  • Risk management.
  • Personal objectives and productivity.

It helps us focus on what truly matters, so our energy creates the greates impact.

Prioritization Matrix

Visual tool to decide what to do first.

• Evaluates: impact, effort, cost, urgency • Origin: 1970s–80s, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Mgmt. • Inspired by Kepner & Tregoe, Kaoru Ishikawa, W. Edwards Deming

It provides a clear structure for decision-making by evaluating options through specific criteria

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

A simple 2x2 grid that compares the impact of an initiative (value, benefit, improvement) against the effort required (resources, time, cost).

Quadrants: • High Impact / Low Effort → Quick Wins • High Impact / High Effort → Strategic Projects - Big Bets • Low Impact / Low Effort → Nice to Have - Fills ins • Low Impact / High Effort → Avoid / Waste - Money Pit

Use Case: • Deciding which projects or improvements to prioritize. • Very common in innovation, project management, and operations. • Strengths: Easy to use, highly visual, great for group discussions. • Limitations: Subjective — depends on how you rate “impact” and “effort”.

Eagle Eyes

Wuvengers

Types of Prioritization Matrices

Impact vs. Effort Matrix
Urgent vs. Important Matrix
Weighted Criteria Matrix

• Considers multiple factors at once, such as cost, benefit, risk, and time. • Each criterion is given a weight and scored for greater precision.

• Popularized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. • Focuses on time management by separating what is urgent from what is truly important

• One of the most common. • Compares the potential impact of an initiative against the level of effort required.

WUARRIORS

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

A simple 2x2 grid that compares the impact of an initiative (value, benefit, improvement) against the effort required (resources, time, cost).

Quadrants: • High Impact / Low Effort → Quick Wins • High Impact / High Effort → Strategic Projects - Big Bets • Low Impact / Low Effort → Nice to Have - Fills ins • Low Impact / High Effort → Avoid / Waste - Money Pit

Use Case: • Deciding which projects or improvements to prioritize. • Very common in innovation, project management, and operations. • Strengths: Easy to use, highly visual, great for group discussions. • Limitations: Subjective — depends on how you rate “impact” and “effort”.

Types of Prioritization Matrices

Impact vs. Effort Matrix
Urgent vs. Important Matrix
Weighted Criteria Matrix

• Considers multiple factors at once, such as cost, benefit, risk, and time. • Each criterion is given a weight and scored for greater precision.

• Popularized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. • Focuses on time management by separating what is urgent from what is truly important

• One of the most common. • Compares the potential impact of an initiative against the level of effort required.

Purpose

• Avoids intuition-only decisions. • Focuses resources on what creates value. • Provides objective, visual framework.

Used in:
  • Strategy.
  • Project management.
  • Innovation.
  • Compliance.
  • Risk management.
  • Personal objectives and productivity.

It helps us focus on what truly matters, so our energy creates the greates impact.

Types of Prioritization Matrices

Impact vs. Effort Matrix
Urgent vs. Important Matrix
Weighted Criteria Matrix

• Considers multiple factors at once, such as cost, benefit, risk, and time. • Each criterion is given a weight and scored for greater precision.

• Popularized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. • Focuses on time management by separating what is urgent from what is truly important

• One of the most common. • Compares the potential impact of an initiative against the level of effort required.

Purpose

• Avoids intuition-only decisions. • Focuses resources on what creates value. • Provides objective, visual framework.

Used in:
  • Strategy.
  • Project management.
  • Innovation.
  • Compliance.
  • Risk management.
  • Personal objectives and productivity.

It helps us focus on what truly matters, so our energy creates the greates impact.

Types of Prioritization Matrices

Impact vs. Effort Matrix
Urgent vs. Important Matrix
Weighted Criteria Matrix

• Considers multiple factors at once, such as cost, benefit, risk, and time. • Each criterion is given a weight and scored for greater precision.

• Popularized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. • Focuses on time management by separating what is urgent from what is truly important

• One of the most common. • Compares the potential impact of an initiative against the level of effort required.

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

A simple 2x2 grid that compares the impact of an initiative (value, benefit, improvement) against the effort required (resources, time, cost).

Quadrants: • High Impact / Low Effort → Quick Wins • High Impact / High Effort → Strategic Projects - Big Bets • Low Impact / Low Effort → Nice to Have - Fills ins • Low Impact / High Effort → Avoid / Waste - Money Pit

Use Case: • Deciding which projects or improvements to prioritize. • Very common in innovation, project management, and operations. • Strengths: Easy to use, highly visual, great for group discussions. • Limitations: Subjective — depends on how you rate “impact” and “effort”.

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

A simple 2x2 grid that compares the impact of an initiative (value, benefit, improvement) against the effort required (resources, time, cost).

Quadrants: • High Impact / Low Effort → Quick Wins • High Impact / High Effort → Strategic Projects - Big Bets • Low Impact / Low Effort → Nice to Have - Fills ins • Low Impact / High Effort → Avoid / Waste - Money Pit

Use Case: • Deciding which projects or improvements to prioritize. • Very common in innovation, project management, and operations. • Strengths: Easy to use, highly visual, great for group discussions. • Limitations: Subjective — depends on how you rate “impact” and “effort”.

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

A simple 2x2 grid that compares the impact of an initiative (value, benefit, improvement) against the effort required (resources, time, cost).

Quadrants: • High Impact / Low Effort → Quick Wins • High Impact / High Effort → Strategic Projects - Big Bets • Low Impact / Low Effort → Nice to Have - Fills ins • Low Impact / High Effort → Avoid / Waste - Money Pit

Use Case: • Deciding which projects or improvements to prioritize. • Very common in innovation, project management, and operations. • Strengths: Easy to use, highly visual, great for group discussions. • Limitations: Subjective — depends on how you rate “impact” and “effort”.

Prioritization Matrix

Visual tool to decide what to do first.

• Evaluates: impact, effort, cost, urgency • Origin: 1970s–80s, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Mgmt. • Inspired by Kepner & Tregoe, Kaoru Ishikawa, W. Edwards Deming

It provides a clear structure for decision-making by evaluating options through specific criteria

Types of Prioritization Matrices

Impact vs. Effort Matrix
Urgent vs. Important Matrix
Weighted Criteria Matrix

• Considers multiple factors at once, such as cost, benefit, risk, and time. • Each criterion is given a weight and scored for greater precision.

• Popularized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. • Focuses on time management by separating what is urgent from what is truly important

• One of the most common. • Compares the potential impact of an initiative against the level of effort required.

Prioritization Matrix

Visual tool to decide what to do first.

• Evaluates: impact, effort, cost, urgency • Origin: 1970s–80s, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Mgmt. • Inspired by Kepner & Tregoe, Kaoru Ishikawa, W. Edwards Deming

It provides a clear structure for decision-making by evaluating options through specific criteria

Wusquad

Prioritization Matrix

Visual tool to decide what to do first.

• Evaluates: impact, effort, cost, urgency • Origin: 1970s–80s, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Mgmt. • Inspired by Kepner & Tregoe, Kaoru Ishikawa, W. Edwards Deming

It provides a clear structure for decision-making by evaluating options through specific criteria

Purpose

• Avoids intuition-only decisions. • Focuses resources on what creates value. • Provides objective, visual framework.

Used in:
  • Strategy.
  • Project management.
  • Innovation.
  • Compliance.
  • Risk management.
  • Personal objectives and productivity.

It helps us focus on what truly matters, so our energy creates the greates impact.

Types of Prioritization Matrices

Impact vs. Effort Matrix
Urgent vs. Important Matrix
Weighted Criteria Matrix

• Considers multiple factors at once, such as cost, benefit, risk, and time. • Each criterion is given a weight and scored for greater precision.

• Popularized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. • Focuses on time management by separating what is urgent from what is truly important

• One of the most common. • Compares the potential impact of an initiative against the level of effort required.

Impact vs. Effort Matrix

A simple 2x2 grid that compares the impact of an initiative (value, benefit, improvement) against the effort required (resources, time, cost).

Quadrants: • High Impact / Low Effort → Quick Wins • High Impact / High Effort → Strategic Projects - Big Bets • Low Impact / Low Effort → Nice to Have - Fills ins • Low Impact / High Effort → Avoid / Waste - Money Pit

Use Case: • Deciding which projects or improvements to prioritize. • Very common in innovation, project management, and operations. • Strengths: Easy to use, highly visual, great for group discussions. • Limitations: Subjective — depends on how you rate “impact” and “effort”.

Wuvengers

Prioritization Matrix

Visual tool to decide what to do first.

• Evaluates: impact, effort, cost, urgency • Origin: 1970s–80s, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Mgmt. • Inspired by Kepner & Tregoe, Kaoru Ishikawa, W. Edwards Deming

It provides a clear structure for decision-making by evaluating options through specific criteria

Prioritization Matrix

Visual tool to decide what to do first.

• Evaluates: impact, effort, cost, urgency • Origin: 1970s–80s, Lean, Six Sigma, Project Mgmt. • Inspired by Kepner & Tregoe, Kaoru Ishikawa, W. Edwards Deming

It provides a clear structure for decision-making by evaluating options through specific criteria