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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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 sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufendUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1Scrum Team3-104-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveImprovement actions, Team agreementsEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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