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Criterion
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
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 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.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min15-90 min daily45-60 min5-10 min daily
Participantsdifferent
4-1212-81
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingDaily Priority List, Completion Notes
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
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