Project Prioritisation Matrices
Project prioritisation matrices help organisations compare competing initiatives using consistent criteria. By balancing benefits, costs, risks, and strategic alignment, they support transparent choices, protect limited resources and improve portfolio impact in fast-moving environments.
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Project Prioritisation Matrices Definition
A project prioritisation matrix is a structured decision tool that evaluates multiple projects against weighted criteria such as strategic fit, cost, benefits, feasibility, and risk. Scores are combined to generate ranked priorities or optimal portfolios. Approaches range from simple impact-effort grids to sophisticated multi-criteria and resource-constrained methods designed to maximise organisational value within finite capacity (Cook & Green, 2000; Jafarzadeh et al., 2022; Purnuş & Bodea, 2014).
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- Bryson, C. (2018) ‘Prioritization matrix use in program/project management’, Quality Magazine, 57(9), 15 September. Available at: https://www.qualitymag.com/articles/94975-prioritization-matrix-use-in-programproject-management
- Cook, W.D. and Green, R.H. (2000) ‘Project prioritization: a resource-constrained data envelopment analysis approach’, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 34(2), pp. 85–99.
- Hatton, S., 2008, March. Choosing the right prioritisation method. In 19th Australian conference on software engineering (ASWEC 2008) (pp. 517-526). IEEE.
- Jafarzadeh, H., Heidary-Dahooie, J., Akbari, P. and Qorbani, A. (2022) ‘A project prioritization approach considering uncertainty, reliability, criteria prioritization, and robustness’, Decision Support Systems, 156, 113731. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2022.113731
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