Which term describes the act of evaluating the impact and effort (e.g., time and resources) of the action needed?

• A. Evaluate
• B. Prioritize
• C. Commit
• D. Define

Answer: (B)

Deciding what to do first by weighing how big the impact will be against the effort required. Prioritize means ranking tasks based on their importance and urgency, using both the expected benefit and the cost in time and resources to determine the order in which actions should be tackled. This focus on ordering actions by value and effort is what makes prioritizing the best fit here.

Evaluating is about judging value or quality in general, rather than specifically ordering tasks by impact and effort. Committing is about pledging to take on a task, not assessing its impact or sequencing. Defining is about clarifying meaning or details, not about deciding what to do first based on effort and payoff.