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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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 stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
14-101-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
DecisionTreeOptions
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Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS