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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling PARA Method |  Team Design Team API |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | 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 several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | Half day initial, dann laufend | 1-2 h | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-10 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Team API Document | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |