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| Criterion |  Operations Eat the Frog |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. | 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. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-90 min daily | 5-10 min daily | 45-90 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |