This document summarizes 7 prioritization frameworks: Eisenhower Matrix, Impact vs. Effort matrix, Risk vs. Reward, Opportunity Score, Kano Model, Weighted Decision matrix, and ICE Framework. Each framework is briefly described in 1-2 sentences explaining what it is used for. The document was curated by Paweł Huryn and provides high-level overviews of commonly used prioritization and decision-making frameworks.

1. Eisenhower Matrix
Impact vs. Effort (2x2)
Risk vs. Reward
Opportunity Score
Kano Model
Weighted Decision
ICE Framework
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Curated by: Paweł Huryn
7 PRIORITIZATION
FRAMEWORKS

2. Eisenhower Matrix
Urgent Not urgent
Important
Less
important
DO IT SCHEDULE
DELEGATE ELIMINATE IT
Focus on those
tasks first
Decide a time to
get it done
Find someone else
or push back
You can forget
about it
Useful for: prioritizing tasks

3. Impact vs. Effort
Low effort High effort
High
impact
Low
impact
QUICK WINS
MAJOR
PROJECTS
FILL-INNS
THANKLESS
TASKS
Useful for: prioritizing tasks, initiatives

4. AVOID
Risk vs. Reward
Reward
Risk
PURSUE
Useful for: prioritizing initiatives

5. Opportunity Score
1
1
0
Customer need
S1
Opportunity score = Importance * (1 - S1)
Useful for: prioritizing opportunities
Based on The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen
Importance
Satisfaction

6. Kano Model
Useful for: originally developed to prioritize features.
Remember you want to prioritize problems, not solutions.

7. Criteria Weight
Notion
(1-5)
Miro
(1-5)
Mural
(1-5)
Price 3
4
3*4 = 12
3
3 *3 = 9
4
3*4 = 12
UX 5
5
5*5 = 25
5
5*5 = 25
2
5*2 = 10
Capabilities 4
5
4*5 = 20
5
4*5 = 20
3
4*3 = 12
Total 57 54 34
Weighted Decision
Useful for: prioritizing any kind of decision when there are
many factors to consider. Each factor has an assigned weight.

8. Idea
Impact
(1-5)
Confidence
(1-5)
Ease
(1-5)
Total
(I*C*E)
Integration
with Stripe
4 4 3 36
Custom avatars 1 5 5 25
Data analytics 5 3 5 75
ICE Framework
Useful for: prioritizing initiatives and ideas that take into
account not only the value, but also economic and risk factors.

9. That's a wrap!
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