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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept 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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
13-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanRAID Log, Status Report SourceConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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