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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h60-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
12-84-103-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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