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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model 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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend90-180 min45-90 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
14-123-105-15
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsSpotify Model Map, Action List
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
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