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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-4 Wochen15-60 min je Zyklus20-60 min
Participantsdifferent
16-30 Experten1-81
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesPlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
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