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9.3. PRIORITIZATION STRATEGIES AND TIME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

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There are a variety of techniques to improve time management skills. You can find the one

that works best for you. Before planning, prioritize your tasks. Prioritizing tasks helps you to:
-Meet deadlines by getting the most critical tasks done first,

-Better utilize scarce time and resources,
-Effectively manage your time.

9.3.1. PRIORITIZATION STRATEGIES

Make Lists
Write the tasks you need to do. If you’re a pen and paper person, write on a piece of paper. If

you prefer to work online, use an online tool or planner.

4DS of Time Management
Do, Defer, Delegate, Delete framework is used to categorize the tasks that need attention

urgently. The tasks that fall under DO are simple tasks that can be done quickly, tasks under
DEFER needs more time to finish, they need to be kept in the list, DELEGATE are for the

tasks that can be done by others and DELETE refer to the tasks that are not important.
Eisenhower Technique

To prioritize the tasks, you need to decide if they are urgent, not urgent, important and not

important. The technique called Eisenhower technique helps us select the tasks with the
highest priority. If the tasks are urgent and important, they take the highest priority. Important
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