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Criterion
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
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Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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Operations
Eat the Frog
Purposedifferent
With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-2 h Setup, laufend30-90 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
1-512-81
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
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PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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