Value vs Effort
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What the Value vs Effort template covers
- Quick wins (high value · low effort)
- Big bets (high value · high effort)
- Fillers (low value · low effort)
- Time sinks (low value · high effort)
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What is the Value vs Effort?
Quick wins, big bets, fillers, time sinks
When to use it: Quick filtering of a backlog into quick wins, big bets, fillers, and time sinks.
Why it works: Surfaces quick wins that tend to get crowded out by glamorous big bets.
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