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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 DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60-120 min30-60 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
14-102-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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