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An action plan is a detailed, prioritized list of steps you
must take to achieve your organization's goals.
Creating an action plan is the process of determining which
steps are necessary.
Prioritizing the plan is the process of determining which
of these steps have the highest positive impact with the least
amount of capital or effort. This helps you determine the
important items you are most likely to accomplish given current
resources.
As you develop and prioritize your action plan—each
action item that you want to do as an organization—you
should use this chart to help you prioritize and to start
thinking about strategies—what you need to do to achieve
the action step.
High
Capacity /
Low Impact |
High
Capacity/
High Impact |
Low
Capacity /
Low Impact |
Low
Capacity/
High Impact |
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- Capacity is our ability to achieve the action
step, given our resources
- Impact is the degree to which the action step will
positively affect us
To use this chart, write each action item separately on sticky
notes. Place each action item on the chart in the location
that matches that item's capacity and impact.
Lower left quadrant
How would you prioritize an action step if it falls in
the lower left quadrant? Low priority, you may even consider
dismissing that step from the plan.
Upper right quadrant
How would you prioritize an action step if it falls in
the upper right quadrant?
If you have the capacity and the action item has high positive
impact, we might give it high priority
Lower right quadrant
How would you prioritize an action step that falls in the lower
right, for example building a Parking Lot? You might decide
that because of the high impact, you need to develop a strategy
to increase your capacity to do it.
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