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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
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.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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend5-10 min daily1-2 h1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
111-81
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDaily Priority List, Completion NotesConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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