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| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling PARA Method | ![]() Innovation Starbursting | ![]() Innovation Rolestorming |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. | When a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List | Rollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery | BrainstormingIdeationCreativity |
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