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Criterion
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
5-10 min dailyHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
14-122-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Daily Priority List, Completion NotesBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
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PrioritizationProductivityExecution
StrategyMetricsExecution
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping