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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
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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.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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min15-90 min daily20–45 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-101Small cross-functional group1
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Risk Matrix, Top Risk ListPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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