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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Operations 5 Whys |  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 improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 15-30 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection |