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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h30-60 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
12-82-103-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
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