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| Criterion | ![]() Operations Ivy Lee Method | ![]() Decision Making Assumption Surfacing | ![]() Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-10 min daily | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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