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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 RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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.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.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend60–90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
12-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesRAID Log, Status Report SourcePower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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