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| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling PARA Method | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes | ![]() Agile ROAM Board | ![]() Agile Working Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h Setup, laufend | Half day | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-15 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | ROAM Board, Owner List | Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | KnowledgeProductivityOrganization | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | TeamCollaborationAgile |



