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Criterion
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
Purposedifferent
The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.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.The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-90 min daily1-2 h Setup, laufend20-35 min
Participantsdifferent
111-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineTest Card with a pre-set threshold
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
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Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration of Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
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Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test