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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufendWochen bis Monate je Goal1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
13-101-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas