Learn To Manage More Effectively With Priority Matrix
Read about different project, time or task management methodologies like GTD, Scrum, Kanban, the Eisenhower method, and more.
Today, I want to discuss another widely-used technique to improve productivity. This idea is called lean production, lean manufacturing, lean methodologies, lean enterprise, or even just “Lean.” Lean often refers to improving manufacturing processes’ efficiency, but Lean is more than that. Its philosophy is about eliminating waste in all forms to make a process or…
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At a company that focuses on helping to increase personal productivity, I’ve picked up on several different methods that people use to work faster or better. A range of different ideas presents themselves as the premier concept to improve your productivity, but how do you find the right one for you? Clearly, user testimonials will…
Read moreFinding the best to do list template app or software is a difficult task, given all of the choices available these days. First, you need to find out what kind of to do list template suits your style of working. There are many different ways to create a to do list, and I want to lay some…
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Design thinking is a methodology that encourages the use of empathy, creativity, and collaboration in solving problems or generating ideas. Companies like IDEO use design thinking as a foundation for their design consulting services, and these methods have relatively recently made its way into higher education. Stanford University, Northwestern University, and UC Berkeley are just a…
Read moreIn recent years, agile methodologies have taken root in the software development world thanks to the popularization of techniques like Scrum or Kanban. At Appfluence, we try to ‘eat our own dog food’, and we use Priority Matrix to organize and plan our work. In the past few weeks, we have taken the approach of…
Read moreThe 4 quadrant method of time management takes your linear to do list and asks you to split all the items up into 2 buckets: what’s important and what’s not important. You only want to do tasks that are actually important, so within this “bucket”, split it up further base on what’s due soon and what’s…
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Managing your to do list is sometimes about managing your “to don’t” list. You simply don’t have the resources, mental or physical, to tackle everything thrown at you. Busy people are busy because they have a lot of responsibilities. The to do list that you create should not reflect everything that you have to do,…
Read morePriority Matrix for Windows is the ultimate way to build a to-do list. Based on the 4-quadrants method, PM is an incredibly intuitive way for you to seamlessly manage your tasks on Windows. Instead of building a linear to do list, you’re using the Eisenhower Method to prioritize your tasks into 4-quadrants. 1) Tasks you…
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What President Eisenhower Can Teach us About Prioritization The Eisenhower Method, also known as Eisenhower Box, is a method used to organize duties and tasks in order to figure out priorities. The Eisenhower Matrix on the other hand is today’s implementation of its philosophy so you can actually prioritize. Modern software tools, such as Priority…
Read moreUpdate May 11, 2012. We’ve created all these GTD templates for you. Getting Things Done(1) (GTD) is a methodology prescribed by David Allen for high precision time management. GTD can be broken down into several models. It’s arguable that you don’t have to follow the GTD methodology completely to be successful in time management. There…
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