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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 board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
13-123-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanROAM Board, Owner ListRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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