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How to Use This Tool
This tool helps you analyze and prioritize tasks or decisions based on their potential benefit, required effort, time cost, and monetary cost.
Adding an Item:
- Enter the item's name.
- Set its Benefit and Effort using the sliders (0-10).
- Input Time Cost (e.g., 5 days) and Monetary Cost (e.g., $1000).
- Optionally, add more details.
- Click "â Add Item". It will appear on the matrix.
Understanding the Ratings:
- Benefit (0-10): How valuable or impactful is this item? (10 = Max Benefit)
- Effort (0-10): How difficult, complex, or resource-intensive is it (excluding direct time/money)? (10 = Max Effort)
- Time Cost: Estimated duration (hours, days, weeks, months).
- Monetary Cost: Direct financial expense.
The Matrix Quadrants:
- đ Quick Wins (High Benefit, Low Effort): Top priority! Do these first.
- đ¯ Major Projects (High Benefit, High Effort): Strategic, require planning.
- âŗ Fill-Ins (Low Benefit, Low Effort): Do if time permits, or delegate.
- đ¤ Thankless Tasks (Low Benefit, High Effort): Avoid, delegate, or re-evaluate.
Visual Cues on the Matrix:
- Dot Position: Determined by Benefit (vertical axis) and Effort (horizontal axis).
- Dot Size: Larger dots indicate higher Monetary Cost (relative to other items).
- Dot Border Thickness: Thicker borders indicate higher Time Cost (relative to other items).
A very thin or white border means negligible time cost.
- đ Highlighted Dots: Items with the highest calculated "Value Score".
Value Score:
A calculated score (Benefit / (Effort + Normalized Time Cost + Normalized Monetary Cost)). Higher scores suggest better overall value. This score helps populate the "đ Top Recommendations" list.
Other Actions:
- Click a dot: View detailed information and an option to delete the item.
- Recommendations List: Click an item to view its details.
- đž Save Data: Downloads all current items as a JSON file.
- đ Load Data: Upload a previously saved JSON file to restore items.
- đ¨ī¸ Print: Generates a print-friendly view of the matrix and item list.
- đī¸ Clear All: Removes all items from the analysis.
