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| Criterion |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-10 min daily | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-90 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |