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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 for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend2-4 h Analyse, laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
13-123-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveConstraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow MetricsEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
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Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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Agile
Starfish Retrospective