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=== Eisenhower method ===
{{See also|PICK chart|MoSCoW method}}

[[Image:Eisenhower_matrix.svg|thumb|right|A basic Eisenhower box to help evaluate urgency and importance. Items may be placed at more precise points within each quadrant.]]

The Eisenhower method or Eisenhower principle is a method that utilizes the principles of importance and urgency to organize priorities and workload. This method stems from a quote attributed to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]: "I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent."<ref>{{cite book | author=Dwight D. Eisenhower | date=August 19, 1954 |url = http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=9991 | title=Address at the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111315/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=9991 | archive-date=2015-04-02 | quote= Evanston, Illinois. (retrieved 31 March 2015.)}}</ref> Eisenhower did not claim this insight for his own, but attributed it to an unnamed "former college president."<ref>Background on the Eisenhower quote and citations to how it was picked up in media references afterwards are detailed in: {{cite web |last1=O'Toole |first1=Garson |title=What Is Important Is Seldom Urgent and What Is Urgent Is Seldom Important |url=https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/05/09/urgent/ |website=Quote Investigator |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150411220255/http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/05/09/urgent/ |archive-date=11 April 2015 |language=en |date=9 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Using the Eisenhower decision principle, tasks are evaluated using the criteria important/unimportant and urgent/not urgent,<ref name="Fowler, Nina">{{cite news|title=App of the week: Eisenhower, the to-do list to keep you on task |work=Venture Village|last=Fowler|first=Nina |date=September 5, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Baer">Drake Baer (April 10, 2014),
[http://www.businessinsider.com/dwight-eisenhower-nailed-a-major-insight-about-productivity-2014-4 "Dwight Eisenhower Nailed A Major Insight About Productivity"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103137/http://www.businessinsider.com/dwight-eisenhower-nailed-a-major-insight-about-productivity-2014-4 |date=2015-04-02 }}, ''Business Insider'', (accessed 31 March 2015)</ref> and then placed in according quadrants in an Eisenhower matrix (also known as an Eisenhower box or Eisenhower decision matrix"<ref name="artofmanliness.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/10/23/eisenhower-decision-matrix/|title=The Eisenhower Decision Matrix: How to Distinguish Between Urgent and Important Tasks and Make Real Progress in Your Life|last1=McKay|last2=Brett|last3=Kate|date=October 23, 2013|work=A Man's Life, Personal Development|access-date=2014-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322092307/http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/10/23/eisenhower-decision-matrix/|archive-date=2014-03-22|url-status=live}}</ref>). Tasks in the quadrants are then handled as follows.

# Important/Urgent quadrant tasks are done immediately and personally<ref name="fluent-time-management.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.fluent-time-management.com/eisenhower-method.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303212917/http://www.fluent-time-management.com/eisenhower-method.html | archive-date=2014-03-03 | title=The Eisenhower Method | website=fluent-time-management.com }}</ref> e.g. crises, deadlines, problems.<ref name="artofmanliness.com" />
# Important/Not Urgent quadrant tasks get an end date and are done personally,<ref name="fluent-time-management.com" /> e.g. relationships, planning, recreation.<ref name="artofmanliness.com" />
# Unimportant/Urgent quadrant tasks are delegated,<ref name="fluent-time-management.com" /> e.g. interruptions, meetings, activities.<ref name="artofmanliness.com" />
# Unimportant/Not Urgent quadrant tasks are dropped,<ref name="fluent-time-management.com" /> e.g. time wasters, pleasant activities, trivia.<ref name="artofmanliness.com" />