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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
13-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsICE Table, Top Idea List
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
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Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS