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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
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
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.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.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
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-60 min1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
13-123-103-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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