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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 for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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 a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60-120 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
12-83-103-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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