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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
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.SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
13-122-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveSWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action listBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
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Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
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