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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
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 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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend5-15 min15-30 min Planung, laufend
Participantsdifferent
11-51
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StartupValidationCompetition
PlanningTime managementFocus
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done