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Disproved: Everything matters equally and I can just multi-task

January 29, 2020 by Luke Szyrmer 1 Comment

Usually, priorities come up in the context of time management and operational concerns. But did you know that having unclear priorities can also reduce revenue?

Filed Under: assumptions, metrics Tagged With: multitasking, prioritization

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  1. allan kelly says

    January 29, 2020 at 10:48 am

    Excellent, couldn’t agree more!

    One corollary to this: it is never “not enough time”, one is never “too busy”. Rather it is always a question of prioritisation. Telling someone “I don’t have enough time” is easier than saying “I had more important things to do.”

    For years I’ve been telling teams that “there can be only one priority #1.” It is why I tell teams to prioritise everything absolute order: 1, 2, 3 …

    When you tell your team: “These are my 3 priority #1s” what you are saying is: “These 3 things are equally important to me, I can’t decide so I’ll let you decide.”
    And when that conversation is between a Product Manager/Owner and a Dev team I see it as an abdication of responsibility. The Product person is saying “I can’t decide so I’ll let you people with the keyboards choose for me.”

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