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Criterion
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis
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.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves.For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h Setup, laufendMehrere Tage bis Wochen25 min Zyklen2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
12-612-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Action Lists, Project List, Review RoutineMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption NotesFamily Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic Measures
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic
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