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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Team Design Spotify Model 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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 2-4 h | 2-4 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-12 | 3-12 | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Spotify Model Map, Action List |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis |