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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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.When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.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.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 min1-5 Tage90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
12-8Nutzertraffic3-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveICE Table, Top Idea ListInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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