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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.Domain Storytelling translates domain knowledge into a shared narrative of actors, objects, and workflows. It is especially useful when language, rules, and process understanding must be tightly connected.
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1-3 h Setup, laufend4-5 Tage1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
15-82-8
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AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
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PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchivePrototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleDomain Story, Glossary Notes, Process Narrative
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of Double Diamond with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Double Diamond
Paper illustration for Solution Interview
Product Discovery
Solution Interview
Paper illustration of a participant using a prototype while an observer takes notes beside a highlighted usability issue.
UX Research
Usability Testing