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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  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. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 1-2 h | 1-4 Wochen | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 2-8 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |