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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
A paper-based illustration representing Kano Model with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Kano Model
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
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 features need to be distinguished by their effect on satisfaction, it makes expectations and surprises comparable. It separates basic needs, performance contribution, and delight.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 Tage1-2 h Setup, laufend5-10 min daily
Participantsdifferent
110-5011
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveKano Matrix, Feature Classes, Priority ThemesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineDaily Priority List, Completion Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
SatisfactionPrioritizationCustomer
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
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