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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 of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 Wochen15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
15-12 Interviews1-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
PrioritizationFocusTasks
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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
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method