Agreed; ordered priority task list allows you to communicate to management in language that you both understand. One thing that's also a REALLY hard but benefi

Agreed; ordered priority task list allows you to communicate to management in language that you both understand. One thing that's also a REALLY hard but beneficial pill to swallow for a lot of us, is that "business/organization/management/client/stakeholder" (whichever term is appropriate to individual situation) may have goals and priorities WILDLY different from individual contributor. For example, it is entirely possible that they may prioritize a solid flow of updates over fast execution; and it may in some cases even be rational - "We'd rather have predictable and understood slow cadence we can plan around, than a fast but opaque and possibly random cadence of releases". This is why communication and empathy is important; understanding other people, their priorities, and seeing their perspective and why they may make requests or act in a way they do, can be enlightening (... and a burden :P )