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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
12-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveIssue Map, Positions, Argument Notes
Tags1 shared
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
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