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Criterion
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Purposedifferent
With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufend15-30 min45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
11-62-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
PrioritizationFocusTasks
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)