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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
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.The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.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
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 min20-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
14-1213-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveStarfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsPlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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