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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 of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Sailboat 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.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.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.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
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
13-101-84-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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