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A complementary impact-urgency model assigns four priority tiers: P1 for critical impact with immediate urgency (stop and fix now), P2 for high impact with moderate urgency (plan soon), P3 for high impact with low urgency (quick fixes when possible), and P4 for low impact with low urgency (schedule when capacity allows). The process requires listing all identified issues, defining two to three scoring criteria (impact on conversion, effort in hours, feasibility), having team members vote silently by domain expertise (developers score effort, designers score impact), and placing issues on the matrix. Severity scoring rates each issue on a 1-3 user impact scale, with high-severity issues getting priority regardless of ease. Accessibility failures, broken conversion paths, and security issues are always P1\. SEO refinements and UX polish fall to lower priority unless they directly affect traffic or revenue. 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