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Decision Making
DACI
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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Decision Making
RAPID
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.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.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.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.
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30-60 min1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-101-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
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DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
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DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
InnovationPrototypeResearch
SensemakingDecisionRationale
DecisionRolesGovernance
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