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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup, laufend1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
111-4
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
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