Managing Priorities

"Harry Max clearly lays out the steps that anyone can use to be more productive and
effective. It's required reading for anyone wanting to be a better
business leader."
--Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix

Managing Priorities is your guide to prioritizing anything--anytime
and anywhere. Harry Max digs into the best practices for prioritization at
Apple, DreamWorks, NASA, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, and beyond, and brings them
together in a single, practical method that you can apply step by step.

Every business person who is even remotely interested in prioritization should read Managing
Priorities. Whatever you need to prioritize--tasks, goals, OKRs,
projects----this book is for you. Specific chapters are dedicated to what needs
to happen and when for individuals, teams, and whole organizations.

• Learn what prioritization is.


• Gain insight into the costs of not prioritizing intentionally.


• Explore different methods of prioritization, including the Eisenhower Matrix, the Analytic Hierarchy Process, the Max Priorities Pyramid, Paired Comparison, Stack Ranking, and more (highlighted in the Appendix).


• Apply the author's DEGAP(R) method of prioritization with its five phases: Decide, Engage, Gather, Arrange, Prioritize.


• Identify, understand, and address your current state or lack of prioritization (the context of your problem, the people involved, and the issues surrounding timing).


• Use a scale to differentiate items to prioritize and arrange them appropriately.


• Select an approach to prioritization that works for your specific situation.