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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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 a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend5-15 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
13-203-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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