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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min30-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-82-104-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
CoD Table, Prioritization SequenceDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID