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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
13-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture