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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
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.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.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 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
14-1213-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveStarfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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