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Criterion
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
10-20 min dailyHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
14-122-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
StrategyMetricsExecution
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem