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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Engineering Golden Path |  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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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 | 45-90 min | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |