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| Criterion | ![]() Product Strategy DIBB | ![]() Operations ABC Analysis | ![]() Operations ALPEN Method | ![]() Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | 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 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-60 min | 10-20 min daily | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-5 | 1 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |



