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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
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 options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 min90-180 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
12-83-81
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionCoD Table, Prioritization SequencePriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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