Prioritize the Right Work

“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.” No matter how good you are at managing time, you won’t actually be effective unless you’re working on the priorities that most align with your goals.

In this class, you will learn to utilize factors like importance, urgency, value, cost, pain, and level of effort in your prioritization strategy. You’ll also explore how these factors are combined in frameworks such as OKRs, scoring matrices, and “bang for the buck” agile planning graphs.

You will leave with a greater understanding of:

• How to map your priorities to a SMART goal and rank them by your chosen factors

• How to schedule, assign, and communicate your priorities clearly to all stakeholders

• When to work on priorities that are not immediately pressing