Which projects deserve your next 90 days?
Name what matters most, list what you're considering, and score each project against each goal.
Plan on 15 focused minutes. The more honest your answers, the more useful your results.
1. Your goals for the next year
A goal is something that has to be true by this time next year. It's a result, not a project.
List up to five. Then split 100 points across them to show how much each one matters. A goal worth twice as much gets twice the points.
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- Reduce overtime costs by 15%
- Get the owner out of day-to-day scheduling
- Keep our two best supervisors
- Grow revenue from existing customers
- Buy new scheduling software
- Hire an operations manager
- Review vendor contracts
2. Projects you're considering
A project is anything you're doing or planning to do to reach a goal: a hire, a purchase, a process change, a new offering. If it takes time, money, or attention, it counts, including work already underway.
List them in any order. The tool ranks them for you. Aim for 4 to 8.
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- Cross-train two machine operators
- Implement scheduling software
- Launch a customer referral program
- Add quarterly check-ins with top accounts
Too vague to score: "fix operations," "improve communication." Make each one something you could start next month. And keep goals out of this list: "grow revenue 10%" belongs on step 1.
3. Score each project
Ask the same question for every score: if we finished this project, how much closer would this goal be?
- 0
- No effect. It doesn't touch this goal.
- 1
- Some. It helps a little, or indirectly.
- 2
- Strong. It clearly moves this goal.
- 3
- Critical. This goal won't happen without it.
A 3 means the goal fails without it. Most goals have one at most. A 3 counts nine times as much as a 1 in your ranking.
4. Your results are ready
Tell us who you are, and the next screen shows your ranked projects, where your plan has gaps, and what to look at first.
We'll use this only to follow up on your results. No mailing list unless you check the box below.
Your projects, ranked
Where your plan has gaps
Your goals, sorted by how much they matter. A goal is covered when at least two projects move it strongly (scored 2 or 3).
Questions to take to your team
What this list can't tell you
- These are one person's scores. Leadership teams rarely weight goals the same way, and that gap is usually where execution stalls.
- The ranking ignores capacity. Your top three may not fit in the same quarter.
If we sat down together, we'd take your top project and map what comes first, how you get there, and what that frees up next. We can get started in as little as a half hour.
— Dave