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Criterion
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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 a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 min2-6 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
13-123-104-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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