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Criterion
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
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
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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.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
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min15-30 min20–45 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
3-101-6Small cross-functional group1
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Risk Matrix, Top Risk ListEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment
PrioritizationFocusTasks
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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