Setting Priorities with Criteria:
This method is considered the simplest. Set your priorities by answering the following questions:
- Which task or project is the most important to me?
- Is there a task I must complete first because other tasks depend on it?
- What is most important to my supervisor?
- For which activity do I have all the necessary materials or tools, and can start working immediately?
Prioritisation Using ABC Analysis:
ABC analysis is a process of prioritisation by dividing tasks into three categories after an individual has first defined their needs and wants.
- Category A: The most important and urgent tasks
- Category B: Tasks that are important but not urgent
- Category C: Tasks that are neither urgent nor important, or activities that are urgent but not as important.
Each of these categories can be further divided into subgroups (A1, A2, A3, …).
Eisenhower’s Urgent vs. Important Matrix:
Urgent tasks are those that require immediate attention. Urgent matters often act on us, and we are the ones who decide how we will respond to them. Important tasks are those that help us achieve results that lead us toward our goals. Important things are what we should spend the most time and energy on.
According to this method, you should record all your tasks into four quadrants. In the first quadrant, write down what is both important and urgent; in the second, what is important but not urgent; in the third, what is urgent but not important; and in the fourth, what is neither important nor urgent.
