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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept 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.PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends.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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
12-103-121-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchivePESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StrategyMarketAnalysis
KnowledgeMappingRisk
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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