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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Purposedifferent
When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 h1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-20 Reviewer3-62-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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