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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
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 several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h1-2 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
13-84-123-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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