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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 Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 min1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
13-123-103-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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