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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping
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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend2-4 h1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
13-84-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsLogic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
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