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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test 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.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h1-5 Tage45-75 min
Participantsdifferent
12-8Nutzertraffic2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionTest Matrix, Test Plan
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions
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