Work is deferred for a reason—you didn’t have the time or resources to get it done. And let’s face it, there’s a slim chance you’ll get enough of an opening in your schedule to tackle everything on your team’s to-do list.

That means you need to pick and choose which tasks to prioritize. And that decision can quickly become an emotional one. It’s when recency bias, routine, and gut feelings take over. None are great for equipment health.

The template below can help. It allows you to prioritize your planned maintenance backlog while avoiding messy guesswork in the process. You can get a sneak peek of the template and download the full framework below.

How do you prioritize backlog? Let me know!