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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
Operations
Theory of Constraints
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
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.For a system that does not get faster despite effort, the method directs attention to the bottleneck. It concentrates improvement on the point that actually limits throughput.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend2-4 h Analyse, laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
13-121-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveConstraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow MetricsConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
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After-Action Review
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ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
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Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping