Re:Ask HN: What problems do you have?
by mdp2021 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:40PM
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> looks like 'ranking' to me
With that process (the "Eisenhower") you distribute items into four classes; the classes are in a way ranked, but the items within each class are not sortable with that method.
(And the problem of the OP was having all items under the same scalar of importance. The decisor using the Eisenhower method will obtain a distribution in two sets - "act" and "schedule" - but will still be at a loss about what to tackle first.)
> The 'cost' does[...] make ... rankable
It does - it makes the "ToDo" set of collection of fully ranked items. Take a set of items, build a function of (urgency, importance, lightness), attribute a scalar to each of (u,i,l) and a scalar is returned which allows for fully sorting the set of items.
> If you have some sort of experience or qualification in this field
With that process (the "Eisenhower") you distribute items into four classes; the classes are in a way ranked, but the items within each class are not sortable with that method.
(And the problem of the OP was having all items under the same scalar of importance. The decisor using the Eisenhower method will obtain a distribution in two sets - "act" and "schedule" - but will still be at a loss about what to tackle first.)
> The 'cost' does[...] make ... rankable
It does - it makes the "ToDo" set of collection of fully ranked items. Take a set of items, build a function of (urgency, importance, lightness), attribute a scalar to each of (u,i,l) and a scalar is returned which allows for fully sorting the set of items.
> If you have some sort of experience or qualification in this field
Yes :)