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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
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.Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs.With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend90-180 min5-10 min daily
Participantsdifferent
13-61
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveGQM Table, Metric ProfilesDaily Priority List, Completion Notes
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
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Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
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Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics