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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
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.Domain Storytelling translates domain knowledge into a shared narrative of actors, objects, and workflows. It is especially useful when language, rules, and process understanding must be tightly connected.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
12-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDomain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tags1 shared
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing