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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 90-180 min | 15-45 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | SensemakingDecisionRationale |