Prioritisting work for delivery
Eisenhower’s Urgent / Important Matrix
The Eisenhower Matrix, also referred to as Urgent-Important Matrix, helps you decide on and prioritize tasks by urgency and importance, sorting out less urgent and important tasks which you should either delegate or not do at all.
Urgent / Important / Significant
Significant work can be urgent, important, both or neither. Significance is almost another, perhaps deeper, layer on the Eisenhower Matrix. It involves thinking into the future to lay the foundations for
Urgent / Important / Significant / Autonomous
But I’d like to add another dimension: Autonomy.
Choosing to focus on work that you can complete yourself without having to wait for others to contribute puts the work within your control, meaning you are solely responsible for delivering the outcomes.