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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 GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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.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.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 WochenWochen bis Monate je Goal1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
15-12 Interviews3-101
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveJob Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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