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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
12-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas