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Pareto

Find the 20% of your list that delivers 80% of the result. Rate each task on impact and effort; Pareto ranks them by leverage and spotlights the vital few.

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The insight

Start with “Fix the broken sign-up button” — leverage 5.00. The top 5 of 8 tasks carry 87% of the impact.

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Vital few
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Drop?

Vital few — do these first

Impact × effort map

Effort →Impact →Quick winsBig betsThankless#1 Fix the broken sign-up button — impact 10, effort 2, leverage 5.00× (Quick wins)1#2 Write the launch email — impact 9, effort 2, leverage 4.50× (Quick wins)2#3 Call the top 3 partners — impact 9, effort 3, leverage 3.00× (Quick wins)3#4 Publish the announcement post — impact 8, effort 3, leverage 2.67× (Quick wins)4#5 Schedule the team retro — impact 4, effort 2, leverage 2.00× (Fill-ins)5#6 Redesign the slide template — impact 3, effort 7, leverage 0.43× (Thankless)6#7 Reorganize the shared drive — impact 2, effort 5, leverage 0.40× (Fill-ins)7#8 Tweak the logo again — impact 1, effort 4, leverage 0.25× (Fill-ins)8

By leverage (impact ÷ effort)

#TaskImpactEffortLeverageCum. impact
1Fix the broken sign-up buttonVital few5.0021.7%
2Write the launch emailVital few4.5041.3%
3Call the top 3 partnersStandard3.0060.9%
4Publish the announcement postStandard2.6778.3%
5Schedule the team retroStandard2.0087%
6Redesign the slide templateDrop?0.4393.5%
7Reorganize the shared driveDrop?0.4097.8%
8Tweak the logo againDrop?0.25100%

Drop-list — effort outweighs impact (leverage < 1)

Candidates to delete, defer, or delegate. A thinking aid, not a command.

Compute receipt

pareto.compute
$ pareto rank --tasks 8
rule      leverage = impact / effort
vital-few top ceil(20%) = 2 task(s)
80% rule  top 5 carry 87% of impact
checksum  e754ba58
status    ok · local-only · no account

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