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This is very similar to the Eisenhower Matrix except you swapped "urgent" for "actionable". Not to discredit, I just think it’s an interesting difference. See

This is very similar to the Eisenhower Matrix except you swapped "urgent" for "actionable". Not to discredit, I just think it’s an interesting difference. Seems like a startup mentality to me. I think declaring something as unactionable can do oneself a disservice, but it’s also a totally reasonable call to make. Urgent + Important = Do now Urgent + Not Important = Delegate Not Urgent + Important = Schedule for later Not Urgent + Not Important = Drop

dilippkumar 3y ago
> Seems like a startup mentality to me. Good insight :) I'll leave it at that. Indeed, it started with the Eisenhower Matrix, but the problem for us was that everything is Urgent in some sense. Things that aren't urgent don't usually make it to the top of our list. On the other hand, we needed a mechanism to track things that we couldn't actually make forward progress on, despite it being urgent. These are the "Not actionable" items - usually because they're blocked on something else. The final point I'll make is that the most valuable part in this exercise is actually reaching consensus on what quadrant to put an item in. It's superb at getting alignment.