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| Criterion |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Operations RACI Matrix |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Decision Making RAPID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-30 | 2-8 | 4-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | DecisionRolesGovernance |