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Criterion
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
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 Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
5-10 min daily20-35 min
Participantsdifferent
11-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Daily Priority List, Completion NotesTest Card with a pre-set threshold
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
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Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
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Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration of Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Hypothesis Prioritization Canvas
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Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
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