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| Criterion |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | 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. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-240 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-180 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1 | 1-6 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |