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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Purposedifferent
The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h1-5 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
12-8Nutzertraffic2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business HypothesesInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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