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Criterion
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Purposedifferent
When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List.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.For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min15-90 min daily45-90 min25 min Zyklen
Participantsdifferent
3-1012-81
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Risk Matrix, Top Risk ListPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption Notes
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
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