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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
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Process Mapping
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
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Kepner-Tregoe
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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.With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
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MediumMediumHigh
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1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 h2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
13-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveProcess Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ProcessOperationsImprovement
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
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8D Problem Solving
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
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