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Criterion
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Purposedifferent
In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.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.For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-2 h Setup, laufend1-3 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
113-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineBottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
FlowMeasurementConstraints
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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