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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
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend5-10 min daily1-2 h Setup2-4 h workshop plus review
Participantsdifferent
112-204-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDaily Priority List, Completion NotesOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceStrategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect Hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
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