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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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 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.When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufendHalf dayHalf day initial, dann laufend2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1Team-Leads plus ArchitectureEin Team plus Stakeholder3-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairTeam API DocumentTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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