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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-5 Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1Nutzertraffic2-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
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Decision Making
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