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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 h | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 4-12 | 1 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |