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	#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list: After compiling a list, rank tasks basing on the criteria of urgency and importance. Apart from a status category in the Kanban Board, you may add the urgent/ non-urgent and important/non-important category to your Kanban Board to facilitate categorizing into certain quadrants.		#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list: After compiling a list, rank tasks basing on the criteria of urgency and importance. Apart from a status category in the Kanban Board, you may add the urgent/ non-urgent and important/non-important category to your Kanban Board to facilitate categorizing into certain quadrants.
	#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix.: Place each task into specific quadrant out of all 4 based on the pre-defined categories.		#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix.: Place each task into specific quadrant out of all 4 based on the pre-defined categories.

			As follows, examples of tasks belonging to specific quadrants are listed out:

			*'''Quadrant I, Do''': project deadlines, product shipments, client complaints, last-minute presentations.
			*'''Quadrant II, Schedule''': strategic planning, continous improvement, creating training materials.
			*'''Quadrant III, Delegate''': reporting, non-critical meetings, pending emails.
			*'''Quadrant IV, Delete''': duplicated tasks, no value added tasks.

	= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =		= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =

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	[[File:Trends.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|center\|'''Figure 3:''' The Eisenhower Matrix in project managament, (source: own figure)]]		[[File:Trends.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|center\|'''Figure 3:''' The Eisenhower Matrix in project managament, (source: own figure)]]

	= ~~'''~~Practical Guidelines~~'''~~=		= Practical Guidelines =

	In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:		In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:

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	In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:		In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:

	#'''Step 1''': Create a task list: Compile the list of items/activities/tasks to prioritize. Project backlogs should have the priority. Make sure that everything is up to date. You can utilize a Kanban Board, if one is created. Kanban Board indicates, which tasks are still pending and waiting for realization.		#'''Step 1''': Create a task list: Compile the list of items/activities/tasks to prioritize. Project backlogs should have the priority. Make sure that everything is up to date. You can utilize a Kanban Board, if one is created. Kanban Board indicates which tasks are still pending and waiting for realization.
	#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list: After compiling a list, rank tasks basing on the criteria of urgency and importance. Apart from a status category in the Kanban Board, you may add the urgent/ non-urgent category to your Kanban Board to facilitate categorizing into certain quadrants.		#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list: After compiling a list, rank tasks basing on the criteria of urgency and importance. Apart from a status category in the Kanban Board, you may add the urgent/ non-urgent and important/non-important category to your Kanban Board to facilitate categorizing into certain quadrants.
	#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix.: Place each task into specific quadrant out of all 4.		#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix.: Place each task into specific quadrant out of all 4 based on the pre-defined categories.

	= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =		= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =

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	In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:		In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:

	#'''Step 1''': Create a task list		#'''Step 1''': Create a task list: Compile the list of items/activities/tasks to prioritize. Project backlogs should have the priority. Make sure that everything is up to date. You can utilize a Kanban Board, if one is created. Kanban Board indicates, which tasks are still pending and waiting for realization.
			#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list: After compiling a list, rank tasks basing on the criteria of urgency and importance. Apart from a status category in the Kanban Board, you may add the urgent/ non-urgent category to your Kanban Board to facilitate categorizing into certain quadrants.
	Compile the list of items/activities/tasks to prioritize. Project backlogs should have the priority. Make sure that everything is up to date. You can utilize a Kanban Board, if one is created. Kanban Board indicates, which tasks are still pending and waiting for realization.		#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix.: Place each task into specific quadrant out of all 4.

	#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list

	After compiling a list, rank tasks basing on the criteria of urgency and importance. Apart from a status category in the Kanban Board, you may add the urgent/ non-urgent category to your Kanban Board to facilitate categorizing into certain quadrants.


	#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix.

	Place each task into specific quadrant out of all 4.

	= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =		= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =

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Practical Example

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	[[File:Trends.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|center\|'''Figure 3:''' The Eisenhower Matrix in project managament, (source: own figure)]]		[[File:Trends.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|center\|'''Figure 3:''' The Eisenhower Matrix in project managament, (source: own figure)]]

	= '''Practical ~~Example~~'''=		= '''Practical Guidelines'''=

	In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:		In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:

	#'''Step 1''': Create a task list		#'''Step 1''': Create a task list

			Compile the list of items/activities/tasks to prioritize. Project backlogs should have the priority. Make sure that everything is up to date. You can utilize a Kanban Board, if one is created. Kanban Board indicates, which tasks are still pending and waiting for realization.

	#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list		#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list
	#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix
			After compiling a list, rank tasks basing on the criteria of urgency and importance. Apart from a status category in the Kanban Board, you may add the urgent/ non-urgent category to your Kanban Board to facilitate categorizing into certain quadrants.


			#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix.

			Place each task into specific quadrant out of all 4.

	= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =		= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =

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Application of the Matrix

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	[[File:Trends.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|center\|'''Figure 3:''' The Eisenhower Matrix in project managament, (source: own figure)]]		[[File:Trends.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|center\|'''Figure 3:''' The Eisenhower Matrix in project managament, (source: own figure)]]

			= '''Practical Example'''=

			In order to create a project prioritization matrix one should follow the steps listed below:

			#'''Step 1''': Create a task list
			#'''Step 2''': Analyze each task list
			#'''Step 3''': Plot tasks into the Eisenhower matrix

	= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =		= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =

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Drawbacks and Limitations

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	= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =		= '''Drawbacks and Limitations''' =

	~~The~~ Eisenhower Matrix is an uncomplicated time management tool to prioritize actions or tasks based on importance and urgency factors. Just like every method or tool has its benefits and drawbacks, a few disadvantages of the matrix can be indicated. While its simplicity makes it undemanding to use, it overlooks other crucial factors, such as ~~accounting for~~ resources, complexity of tasks or level of effort a task is requiring.		For one, the Eisenhower Matrix is an uncomplicated time management tool to prioritize actions or tasks based on importance and urgency factors. Just like every method or tool has its benefits and drawbacks, a few disadvantages of the matrix can be indicated. While its simplicity makes it undemanding to use, it overlooks other crucial factors, such as availability of resources, workload, complexity of tasks, or level of effort a task is requiring.

	The tool is '''not devoid of subjective judgement'''. Every person, no matter the circumstances, has a tendancy to observe and analyze the world from the perspective they're most familiar with. That also applies to any employee, project manager, director. To assign priorities realistically and objectively, situation should be approached with a fresh perspective, while avoiding ~~personal~~ preferences. People who haven't been involved in past efforts and are not biased should be included in the process of prioritization.		The tool is '''not devoid of subjective judgement'''. Every person, no matter the circumstances, has a tendancy to observe and analyze the world from the perspective they're most familiar with. That also applies to any employee, project manager, director. To assign priorities realistically and objectively, situation should be approached with a fresh perspective, while avoiding individual preferences. People who haven't been involved in past efforts and are not biased should be included in the process of prioritization.

	Without the option to delegate tasks, there is less distinction between urgent/important and urgent/not important. If one is not in charge of their own schedule, they will not be able to prioritize the order of their tasks, and will likely spend the majority of their time executing someone else's tasks from the Quadrant III. That may require expending the matrix by regarding the ''fit'' factor, which treats about the capability of the user to perform a task and if not, delegating it further. This topic is discussed in the chapter 5.2.		Without the option to delegate tasks, there is less distinction between urgent/important and urgent/not important. If one is not in charge of their own schedule, they will not be able to prioritize the order of their tasks, and will likely spend the majority of their time executing someone else's tasks from the Quadrant III. That may require expending the matrix by regarding the ''fit'' factor, which treats about the capability of the user to perform a task and if not, delegating it further. This topic is discussed in the chapter 5.2.

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Quadrant I

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	== Quadrant I ==		== Quadrant I ==

	'''Quadrant I''' is both urgent and important. It deals with significant results that require immediate attention. The activities in Quadrant I are most often referred to as ''“crises”'' or ''“problems”'' with a given deadline. Tasks with clear deadlines and consequences for not taking immediate action fit into that Quadrant. <ref name="AU"/> Quadrant I consumes many people involved in management field, such as crisis managers, problem-minded people, deadline-driven project managers.		'''Quadrant I''' is both urgent and important. It deals with significant results that require immediate attention. The activities in Quadrant I are most often referred to as ''“crises”'' or ''“problems”'' with a given deadline. Tasks with clear deadlines and consequences for not taking immediate action fit into that Quadrant. <ref name="AU"/> Quadrant I consumes many people involved in management field, such as crisis managers, problem-minded people, deadline-driven project managers. For instance,

	== Quadrant II ==		== Quadrant II ==

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	'''''“I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.”''		'''''“I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.”''
	- Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches'''<ref name="AU"> Todoist, ''"The Eisenhower Matrix Avoid the "Urgency Trap" with Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous prioritization framework"'', URL: https://todoist.com/pl/productivity-methods/eisenhower-matrix#the-eisenhower-matrix-—-urgent-vs-important , accessed 14 February 2023 </ref>		- Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches'''<ref name="AU"> Todoist, ''"The Eisenhower Matrix Avoid the "Urgency Trap" with Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous prioritization framework"'', URL: https://todoist.com/pl/productivity-methods/eisenhower-matrix#the-eisenhower-matrix-—-urgent-vs-important , accessed 14th of February 2023 </ref>
	''		''

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Annotated Bibliography

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	http://wiki.doing-projects.org/index.php/AHP_as_a_Decision_Making_Tool_in_Projects,_Programs_and_Portfolios		http://wiki.doing-projects.org/index.php/AHP_as_a_Decision_Making_Tool_in_Projects,_Programs_and_Portfolios

	* ''Project Prioritization in Portfolio Management using Quality Function Deployment'', by Stamatia Chatzilazarou		* ''Project Prioritization in Portfolio Management using Quality Function Deployment"'', by Stamatia Chatzilazarou
	http://wiki.doing-projects.org/index.php/Project_Prioritization_in_Portfolio_Management_using_Quality_Function_Deployment		http://wiki.doing-projects.org/index.php/Project_Prioritization_in_Portfolio_Management_using_Quality_Function_Deployment

	* ''"Applying the Pareto Principle in Risk Management"'', by Gaia Sassone		* ''Applying the Pareto Principle in Risk Management'', by Gaia Sassone
	http://wiki.doing-projects.org/index.php/Applying_the_Pareto_Principle_in_Risk_Management		http://wiki.doing-projects.org/index.php/Applying_the_Pareto_Principle_in_Risk_Management

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