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Criterion
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights 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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-4 Wochen1-2 h90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-106-30 Experten4-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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