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Criterion
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Purposedifferent
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.ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufendSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope15-90 min daily15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
1Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders11-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Action Lists, Project List, Review RoutinePrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigationsPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
PrioritizationFocusTasks
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