What a eisenhower matrix is
An Eisenhower matrix separates urgent from important, which are not the same thing. Do the urgent and important, schedule the important but not urgent, delegate the urgent but unimportant, delete the rest.
When to use one
- A workload has become entirely reactive and needs re-sorting
- Making the case that important work keeps losing to merely urgent work
- Coaching someone on prioritisation using their own real task list
The data format
One task per line: Task, Urgency(0-10), Importance(0-10).
Paste rows like this — copy the example straight into the builder to see it render:
Server outage, 9, 9 Q3 roadmap, 2, 8 Inbox triage, 8, 3 Lunch order, 7, 1 Team 1:1s, 3, 7 Vendor renewal, 6, 6
How to make one
- Paste your data into the Studio, or upload a CSV or XLSX file.
- Set your colours — by hand, from pasted brand hex codes, or extracted from your logo.
- Generate and export as PNG or SVG for your deck or report.
One thing people get wrong. The quadrant that decides your quarter is important-but-not-urgent. If it is empty, you are running on interrupts and nothing strategic is moving.
Why it runs in your browser
Charts are parsed and drawn entirely on your own device. No rows, files or logos are uploaded, so a eisenhower matrix built from confidential project or process data never touches a server. You can verify it: open your browser's network tab while you generate one.