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Criterion
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy 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.When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
15-90 min daily5-10 min daily30–60 min
Participantsdifferent
114-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusDaily Priority List, Completion NotesEmpathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop
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Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
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Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
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