Gamestorming: Design your meetings like you design your apps

Impact & Effort Matrix

Possible actions are mapped base on two factors: effort required and potential impact. This is useful after a brainstorming session like 3-12-3 Brainstorm

Facilitator Instructions:

1) Create a goal: Write a goal in the form of a "What to do" or "What we need" question in the yellow highlighted text.

2) Generate Ideas: Let everyone brainstorm by clicking on the "Add an Idea" button to write their ideas. Once everyone has finished writing their ideas, check the "show all players' ideas" to reveal everyone's ideas.

3) Identify matrix location: Have players drag and drop their ideas in the Impact/Effort matrix. Ideas that are high impact/low effort are green.

Related games:

3-12-3 Brainstorm⁠

Step 1: Create a goal - What do we need to reach our goal?

Step 2: Click the "Add an Idea" button below to add your idea.

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Add an Idea

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Clear sample data

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show all players' ideas

Shishir Mehrotra

Al Chen

Dave Mastronardi

Shishir's second idea

Shishir's first idea

Shishir's third idea

Al's third idea

Example Idea

This would be an idea

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I’m done adding ideas:

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Step 3: Drag and drop your idea in the matrix below depending on the Effort and Impact for that idea

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show all players' ideas

Impact

Effort

🏄 Low

👷 High

Ideas

Contributor

Ideas

Contributor

👷 High

Example Idea

Dave Mastronardi

Shishir's third idea

Shishir Mehrotra

Shishir's second idea

Shishir Mehrotra

🏄 Low

This would be an idea

Dave Mastronardi

Al's third idea

Al Chen

Shishir's first idea

Shishir Mehrotra

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Impact Effort Matrix Data

Impact Effort Matrix Data

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