Priority Sorter
Score each task by urgency, importance, and effort — this tool ranks them automatically and places each into its Eisenhower matrix quadrant.
Add a Task
Ranked by Priority Score
Score = (Urgency + Importance × 2) ÷ Effort — higher means do it sooner.
Eisenhower Matrix
How to use Priority Sorter
- Use these example values as a starting point: e.g. Fix checkout bug.
- Set the inputs and options shown here: Task name, Urgency (1-5), Importance (1-5), Effort (1-5).
- Follow the format note: Score = (Urgency + Importance × 2) ÷ Effort — higher means do it sooner.
- Run the tool with Add Task.
- Review the results, then choose an output control: Export CSV.
Turning "everything is urgent" into an actual order
When every task feels equally important, nothing gets prioritized properly. Scoring each task on urgency, importance, and effort — rather than relying on gut feel — produces a ranked list that reflects real trade-offs: a high-impact, low-effort task should usually come before a low-impact task that happens to feel urgent.
Reading the Eisenhower matrix results
Alongside the ranked list, every task is automatically sorted into one of four classic quadrants — Do First, Schedule, Delegate, Eliminate — a simple mental model from time-management literature that's easy to apply to a real backlog in minutes rather than hours.
What's the scoring formula?
Score = (Urgency + Importance × 2) ÷ Effort. Importance is weighted more heavily than urgency, and higher effort pulls a task's score down, so quick wins naturally rise.
Can I adjust the weighting?
Not in this version — the formula is fixed, but you can re-score a task by simply changing its urgency/importance/effort inputs and re-adding it.
Is this the same as the Eisenhower Matrix?
The quadrant view follows that framework (urgent/important) exactly; the numeric priority score is an additional layer on top to rank tasks within the same quadrant.