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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 minWochen bis Monate je Goal1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
13-83-101
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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