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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list. | When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 4-12 | 3-12 | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | Spotify Model Map, Action List |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis |