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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 min10-20 min daily30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
13-1013-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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