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Criterion
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for RAPID
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.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.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min45-90 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-102-82-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
DecisionRolesGovernance
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