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| Criterion |  Decision Making DACI |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Operations RACI Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. | 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. | With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Mehrere Wochen | 90-180 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations |