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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN 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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend20–45 min1-2 h10-20 min daily
Participantsdifferent
1Small cross-functional group2-81
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
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