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Criterion
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
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
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 several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup, laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
112-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
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Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
A paper-based illustration representing Bounded Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Domain Modeling
Bounded Context Canvas