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Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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 a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighHigh
Timedifferent
30-60 min2-8 h1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
2-102-86-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk PlanExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
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DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID