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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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 a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.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.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 min1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
14-121-83-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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