In a recent forum exchange, a user was looking to build a prioritization matrix with a KANBAN view: the columns represented a score (1 to 5) and the goal was to display actions with higher impact / higher priority first.
While waiting for the addition of a dedicated option to sort columns in the KANBAN view, there is an interesting workaround using the Matrix view.
The Need
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An “impact” axis
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A “priority” axis (or score 1–5)
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Ability to visually identify “high impact / high priority” items.
The Solution with the Matrix View
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Create a Matrix view on your board.
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Assign your Impact field to one axis (X) and your Priority / Score field to the other (Y).
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The Matrix view automatically sorts both axes from smallest to largest.
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In the Matrix options, use the fields “X lower label” / “X higher label” and “Y lower label” / “Y higher label” to make reading clearer, for example:
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X lower label:
Low impact -
X higher label:
High impact -
Y lower label:
Low priority -
Y higher label:
High priority
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You thus obtain a matrix that highlights, within the same quadrant, actions with high impact and high priority.
It’s not exactly the same visual as a KANBAN, but by playing with the axis labels and item display options, you achieve a very readable prioritization view that is directly usable for arbitration.
Feel free to share your own matrix variants (impact / effort, value / risk, etc.) in this thread 