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| Criterion |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Operations Eat the Frog |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-10 min daily | 15-90 min daily | 1-5 Tage | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 1 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |