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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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.For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
13-83-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveBottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
FlowMeasurementConstraints
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping