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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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.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.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
11-65-30
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
DecisionTreeOptions
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
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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 for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
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