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Criterion
Paper illustration of Three Horizons with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Three Horizons
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Operations
ALPEN Method
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Operations
Getting Things Done
Purposedifferent
Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.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
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ10-20 min daily1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-1211
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource planDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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Pomodoro Technique
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Operations
Weekly Review
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ABC Analysis
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Ansoff Matrix