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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
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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.The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend15-30 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
11-61-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation NotesVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
PrioritizationFocusTasks
StartupValidationCompetition
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Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
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Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
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