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Criterion
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h1-2 h Setup, laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
12-811-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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