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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
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.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.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, laufend45-120 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
12-81
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted DownsidesPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
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Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis