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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 5-10 min daily | 90-180 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1 | 3-6 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |