I believe that the challenge is not "how to prioritize given the relative business values" but "what is the most important thing to be working on." Getting a business moving can be a little like opening a combination lock: you can be working on the right things, but if you don't focus on them in the right sequence they may not have any impact.
That being said, I try to capture items like that via a constantly evolving list (which is pretty much necessary no matter what). The relative business value of the next item in 'the sequence' would be higher that day/week than than it would be otherwise and would bubble to the top if it was the highest return on investment.
Likewise, it's possible for the 'cost' of certain tasks to drop/rise based on what's happened recently (i.e. you just learned more about something, or you're in a really productive mood or office setting).
In the end, my ideal would be just to figure out what's the highest return for my time __right now__ and work on that. I.e., it's a continuously updating function and the list is never set in stone.
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I believe that the challenge is not "how to prioritize given the relative business values" but "what is the most important thing to be working on." Getting a business moving can be a little like opening a combination lock: you can be working on the right things, but if you don't focus on them in the right sequence they may not have any impact.
True, I agree.
That being said, I try to capture items like that via a constantly evolving list (which is pretty much necessary no matter what). The relative business value of the next item in 'the sequence' would be higher that day/week than than it would be otherwise and would bubble to the top if it was the highest return on investment.
Likewise, it's possible for the 'cost' of certain tasks to drop/rise based on what's happened recently (i.e. you just learned more about something, or you're in a really productive mood or office setting).
In the end, my ideal would be just to figure out what's the highest return for my time __right now__ and work on that. I.e., it's a continuously updating function and the list is never set in stone.