Impact / Effort Matrix

The template is an assessment and decision-making exercise to sort and examine ideas by impact and effort and make a plan of action to achieve a given project or strategy.

This is a useful exercise when facing a variety of options to solve a programmatic or operational challenge or when designing activities. It can help you prioritize and do action planning at the onset of a project.

The tool can also be used if facing challenges during project or strategy implementation to help teams choose actions and solutions get back on track.