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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
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup, laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
112-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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