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Multitasking is the problem, we should focus on one thing at a time Data teams should only work on one thing at a time, but the problem is they often don’t know what the most important thing is. Stakeholders know the business outcomes they need to achieve, but they...

Eisenhower Matrix The Eisenhower Matrix, also known as the Urgency-Importance Matrix, is a simple two-by-two matrix that helps prioritise work based on their urgency and importance. Work is divided into four categories: Urgent and Important, Important but Not Urgent,...

There are a number of popular fixed mindset prioritisation patterns. MoSCow The Moscow prioritisation pattern is often used to prioritise tasks, features, or requirements in software development. The pattern consists of dividing tasks into four categories based on...

There are a number of problems that come with the use of the fixed mindset prioritisation patterns. The definitions of the prioritisation categories can be ambiguous and open to interpretation, which can lead to confusion and disagreements among stakeholders....

There are a number of prioritisation patterns we have found in the agile and product domains which we have proven are useful when used to prioritise work in the data domain. We use the Information Product Canvas and the Data Platform Press Releases as the inputs for...

When looking at the AgileData patterns for prioritisation you can see they are all based on prioritising Information Products based on the Information Product Canvas template or Data Platform Features based on the Data Platform Press Release template.  It would be...

Delegated stakeholders Stakeholders are busy people and they may try and delegate their attendance at the prioritisation workshop to somebody that reports to them. But while they will delegate the attendance, they often won’t delegate the decision making authority....

In an AgileData Way of Working the AgileData team are responsible and accountable to prioritise the work of tasks that are to be done. They are focused on the operational and personal levels of prioritisation. AgileData teams are responsible for prioritising tasks to...