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| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling PARA Method | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Feynman Technique | ![]() Agile Starfish Retrospective | ![]() Agile Sprint Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. | When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 20-60 min | 45-90 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 1 | 4-12 | Scrum Team |
Formatdifferent | Async | Async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study Notes | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Improvement actions, Team agreements |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning |



