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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend15-30 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
11-65-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
PrioritizationFocusTasks
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
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Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
A paper-based illustration representing Event Modeling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Event Modeling
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done