Prioritize

If you want something done, Assign it to someone who is… BUSY!

What to Do? 1.The Difficult & the Unpleasant 2.Small × Many  Big 3.Pareto’s 80/20 Rule 4.In-Between Time – Do Something – Plan for it – BART to Breaks

Priorities cf. Stephen Covey’s Important vs. urgent Time management Matrix

Pareto Vilfredo Pareto ( ) Pareto Optimality  The Vital Few versus  The Trivial Many

The Pareto Principle The 80%-20% Rule Vilfredo Pareto ( ) – Italian Economist Income, Employment Bugs, Problems Input  Output Effort  Results Causes  Consequences Maybe Even 90/10! The Red bars are 20% of the Entities But account for 80% of the Items

Pareto Chart of Injuries Injury TypeNumber Strains88 Contusions & Abrasions32 Eye16 Burns8 Other16