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Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
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Decision Making
DACI
Purposedifferent
When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min90-180 minHalf day initial, dann laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-64-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementTeam API DocumentDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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