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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
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Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
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Operations
Eat the Frog
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 opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 min je Interview15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
15-12 Interviews1
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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