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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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 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 a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60–90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
12-83-20
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
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McKinsey 7S
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique