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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 of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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 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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 hHalf dayHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
13-8Team-Leads plus Architecture10-50
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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