Subtasks should be prioritized too

Some subtasks are less important than others

Complex tasks usually have a number of subtasks, which are defined while task setting. Some of these subtasks are more important and others are less significant for the result of this task. The successful and timely accomplishment depends on the prioritizing the subtasks by their importance. If you spend the whole time assigned to a task doing its less important points you risk to waste the time and not to get a required result. For example, if you spend more time playing with the design of marketing report than actually working on its content you will probably get well-designed report with lack of marketing in it. To avoid such situations you should have clear priorities and resist the temptation to accomplish less important but more pleasant points of the task.

"Prioritize the subtasks" To Do List

• When you have the task to do, think about the steps you should do to fulfill it
• Define which of these steps are more important to get required result and set lower priority to those that don't influence the task result
• Set the order in which subtasks should be done
• Use software to list the task and enter its subtasks in a proper order

Action plan