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Criterion
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min45-90 min5-10 min daily
Participantsdifferent
4-122-81
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanDaily Priority List, Completion Notes
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RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
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Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test