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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of Opportunity Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Scoring
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 switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.When opportunities need ranking by their effect, it makes importance and satisfaction directly comparable. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as an opportunity-score table and top outcomes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 Wochen15-90 min daily60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
15-12 Interviews13-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusOpportunity Score Table, Top Outcomes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
PrioritizationDiscoveryOutcomesNeeds
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