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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 Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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.When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend5-10 min daily45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
111-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDaily Priority List, Completion NotesLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
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Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
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