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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
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
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 demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small.When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup, laufend1-5 Tage45-75 min
Participantsdifferent
11Nutzertraffic2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineClick Data, Interest Signal, Learning DecisionTest Matrix, Test Plan
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions
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