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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h5-15 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
11-81-51-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
StartupValidationCompetition
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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