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Criterion
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Purposedifferent
It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumHigh
Timedifferent
15-30 min1-3 Wochen1-6 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1-65-12 Interviews4-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Eisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationFocusTasks
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
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Paper illustration for Pareto Analysis
Decision Making
Pareto Analysis
Paper illustration of Opportunity Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Scoring
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis