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A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Purposedifferent
In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
20–45 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group1
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
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Ivy Lee Method
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
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Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix