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Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
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30-60 min45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-102-81-8
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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