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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation 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.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 min60–90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
13-102-83-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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