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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Operations Eat the Frog |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 15-90 min daily | 45-90 min | 5-10 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1 | 2-8 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | PrioritizationProductivityExecution |