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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 Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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 only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
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1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup, laufend1-5 Tage
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Formatsame
AsyncAsyncAsync
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PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
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Operations
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