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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
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.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60-120 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
14-101-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
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Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
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Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
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