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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Knowledge Modeling Teach-back |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Sprint 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. | Teach-back checks whether an explanation actually got through to the other person. The method makes misunderstandings visible early and strengthens shared understanding in advisory and learning situations. | 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 sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | 5-20 min | 45-90 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 2-8 | 4-12 | Scrum Team |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Understanding Check, Clarification Notes, Learning Gaps | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Improvement actions, Team agreements |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | LearningUnderstandingCommunication | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning |