Maximum Impact, Minimum Investment

A simple and straightforward way to prioritise tasks based on available budget is this Maximum Impact vs Minimum Investment grid.

This makes it easy to identify early Quick Wins that require Minimum Investment but will deliver Maximum Impact.

It will also highlight initiatives that really should be classed as basic Housekeeping – Low Effort and Low Investment but need to be ticked off the list.

Once you have sorted these out, then you can start thinking more long-term and Strategic (High Impact/High Investment initiatives) and allocate future budget appropriately.

And if something is High Investment but Low Impact, Rethink or ditch it.