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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 Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
12-83-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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