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| Criterion |  Operations Eat the Frog |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Operations Getting Things Done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-90 min daily | 30-180 min | 5-10 min daily | 1-2 h Setup, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 1-6 | 1 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution |