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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. | When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | KnowledgeMappingRisk | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |