Calabrez Matrix App

The Calabrez Matrix is a task prioritization framework created by Prof. Pedro Calabrez, based on The Eisenhower Method/Matrix time-management method.

Motivation

Originally, as [described below, we draw a table and the matrix on paper, but that becomes hard to manage as I:

• Have a large number of tasks to manage
• Organize my tasks primarily using digital tools
• Find the process of writing and drawing to be too slow

How to run this project locally

This app was created and is maintained using React.js with TypeScript and Vite as the module bundler.

After cloning this repo, run:

npm install

npm run dev

to install the projects dependencies and initiate the development server at port 3000, respectively.

Appendix: How the Calabrez Matrix framework

This decision framework actually has 2 matrices: one for tasks and one for responsibilities (events, obligations). The scope of this project is to create (at least at first) the tasks matrix

How it works

1. Draw a table with 4 columns:
   • Task id (a number starting at 1 and increasing for each task);
   • Task description (starting with a verb);
   • Urgency rating (from 0 to 10);
   • Importance rating (from 0 to 10);
2. Write down your tasks and assign an id to each one;
3. Go through each task and define how urgent it is (try to compare it with other ratings to accurately measure its rating);
4. Go through each task and define how important it is (again, compare it to other tasks ratings);
5. Draw a plane with two axes, the vertical one representing importance and the horizontal representing urgency. Each axis should be graduated from 0 to 10 (our ratings);
6. Draw two helper dashed lines to turn our plane into a matrix:
   • Draw a parallel line to the urgency axis located somewhere between ratings 5 and 6;
   • Do the same for the importance axis;
7. Go through each task and put its id in the corresponding position in the plane.

Interpreting the resulting graph

• Tasks on the top left corner (corner 1) should be scheduled because they are important and should be done, but not right now.
• Tasks on the top right corner (corner 2) should be done immediately, in the order they appear: the farthest to the right and to the top, the higher its priority.
• Tasks on the bottom left corner (corner 3) should be discarded because they are not worth your time and energy.
• Tasks on the bottom right corner (corner 4) should be delegated to someone else.