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Criterion
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 of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
13-151-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveROAM Board, Owner ListConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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