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Criterion
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Purposedifferent
Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.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.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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-4 pro Pitch1-811
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsPARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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