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Criterion
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend15-30 min Planung, laufend30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-6112-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
DecisionTreeOptions
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
PlanningTime managementFocus
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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