Area in PARA

2023-02-05

Areas of responsibility is a sphere of activity with a standard to be maintained over time(Forte 2017a).

They has a standard of performance to maintain, and has an indefinite end date(Forte 2017a).

They are things we are responible for(Forte 2017b):

Usually, any personal relevant information are of Areas.

Area is less actionable(Forte 2017a) than Project. It is usually referred to during weekly review(Forte 2017a).

Reference

Forte, Tiago. 2017a. “The Para Method: A Universal System for Organizing Digital Information.” The P.A.R.A. Method. February 8, 2017. https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/.
———. 2017b. “Para Part 2: Operations Manual.” The P.A.R.A. Method. March 18, 2017. https://fortelabs.com/blog/p-a-r-a-ii-operations-manual/.