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From Chaos to Clarity: Cleaning Up Your Task Backlog

Prune stale work and re-sort the rest with Do Now, Schedule, Delegate, and Eliminate.

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Sarah Chen Program Manager, TDS

A bloated backlog hides real priorities. Archive stale tasks, merge duplicates, and re-tag what remains using the Eisenhower Matrix in TDS.

Keep active lists short enough to scan in minutes. If everything is priority one, nothing is.

A clean backlog improves planning accuracy and team focus.

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