Urgency / Importance Matrix

Urgent
Tick Delegate to someone else
Tick Do immediately
Not Urgent
Tick Eliminate these tasks
Tick Schedule these tasks for later
NOT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT

Use this model when:

  1. As an aid to prioritizing your actionable initiatives when creating a strategy implementation plan.
  2. You want to ensure that you allocate your time and resources effectively to tasks that have the greatest impact on your goals.
  3. You're facing a high volume of tasks or competing demands and need a systematic approach to determine where to focus your attention