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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
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.The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend20-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
114-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchivePlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesPerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree