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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 of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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 several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend90-180 minHalf day20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
14-12Team-Leads plus Architecture1-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
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