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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
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.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend15-90 min daily2-4 h workshop plus review5-10 min daily
Participantsdifferent
114-101
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchivePriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesDaily Priority List, Completion Notes
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
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