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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration for Story Points.
Agile
Story Points
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 effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.When teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend15-60 min30-90 minlaufend, 1-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
12-93-123-9
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesPoint Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
EstimationEffortAgile
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
EstimationAgileMeasurement
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