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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend8-15 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
11-103-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
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Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
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