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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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 story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.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.When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 minHalf day60-90 min pro Feature
Participantsdifferent
13-7Team-Leads plus Architecture3-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairExample Table, Acceptance Tests
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
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