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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 for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality 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.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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
11-63-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
DecisionTreeOptions
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
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Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
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