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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.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
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
12-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS