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Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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 limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
5-10 min daily45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
12-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Daily Priority List, Completion NotesTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
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PrioritizationProductivityExecution
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
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Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
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Cost of Delay