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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 of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60-120 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
14-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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