The default values are shown in the table below. The Priority Values table holds records for all the possible priority values used in the priority matrix, making it faster to set up new priority matrices. A prioritization matrix is a simple tool that provides a way to sort a diverse set of items into an order of importance. Urgencies only appear in requests if the value in the request's Service Priority Group field overlaps with the Available for Priority Group field in the Urgency record. The Urgencies table contains a record for each possible urgency value that can be selected within a request record. The Order field defines the order in which the impact is listed in the drop-down list. Within a request, the available impacts are filtered based on the priority group of the Service for the request being contained in the Impact record's Available for Priority Groups field. Each impact can be made available for one or more priority groups. The Impacts table contains all possible Impact values that can be selected in the request tables. That will make those values available to create the priority matrix. Then, either the existing impact and urgency records can be updated to add that priority group to the available groups, or new impact and urgency records can be created and linked to the new group. In order to set up a new priority group, the priority group must first just be created, named, and saved.
For example, the priority matrix for standard service requests has six levels of priority.Īll of the wording in the priority matrix fields is defined for the specific priority group, so it is possible to have completely different priority lists for different services, as needed. They are applied based on the request type and each priority group can have its own set of urgencies, impacts, and priority matrix of values that result from all combinations of urgency and impact within a record. Priority Groups TableĮach service in the Service Portfolio table is linked to a Priority Group.īy default there are six priority groups, but you can create additional ones as needed. Using a priority matrix tool for project prioritization and selection. In Six Sigma, project selection is critical to the overall quality improvement process. This section describes how these tables work. A priority matrix (or prioritization matrix) is an analysis and decision-making tool used in project management, business analysis, and business process improvement systems like Six Sigma. There are five tables that manage the urgency, impact and priority values that are shown within a Service Request, Incident, Change Request, Problem or Release record.