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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-6 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
13-154-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveROAM Board, Owner List8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
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Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)