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Criterion
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Purposedifferent
Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen15-45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-121-32-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapADR File, Decision Log, RationaleDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMetricsExecution
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
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Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments