priority list
What comes first
A priority list is a ranking of items, tasks, or concerns in order of importance or urgency.
The term appears in planning contexts where resources are limited and choices must be made: Housing affordability tops the city's priority list.
In project management and productivity systems, a priority list helps focus effort on what matters most before addressing lesser concerns.
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- rank orderArrangement by position
- pecking orderSocial dominance arrangement
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- fire drillEmergency evacuation practice
drop everything · checklist · action items · agenda · triage · deadline · top · crucial · order · tasks · hierarchy · backlog · queue · schedule · critical · first · importance · sorting
- listsroster, register, watchlist, waitlist, blacklist
- checklistsaction items, travel checklist, moving checklist, inspection checklist, safety checklist
- guest listsguests, invitees, attendees, names, RSVPs
- plannersplanner, agenda, calendar, organizer, diary
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- taskstask, tasks, chore, errand, to-dos
priority listhodgepodge
Confused, disorderly mixture
grab bag · miscellany · chaos · clutter · mishmash
priority listwinging it
Proceeding without preparation
going with the flow · path of least resistance · whim · happenstance · spontaneity
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