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Make room for what matters.
Practical guides to help your team compare ideas, agree on priorities and turn decisions into work that gets done.
Impact effort matrix: how to prioritize work, with an example
Learn how to use an impact effort matrix, estimate both axes and choose what to work on next with a worked marketing example.
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Three worked examples
Explore three impact effort matrix examples with explicit goals, scores and capacity limits. See what each team chooses, postpones and reviews.
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Score impact and effort
Define an impact effort matrix scoring scale, estimate resources, record uncertainty and resolve disagreements before choosing your team's priorities.
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Prioritize marketing campaigns
Compare campaign ideas against one goal, available capacity and budget. Work through a marketing prioritization example from estimates to ownership and review.
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Prioritize process improvements
Choose which process improvements to tackle with an impact effort matrix. Follow an Operations example from evidence and capacity to a pilot and review.
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