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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | RationaleKnowledgeDecision |