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Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder 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.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.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min45-90 min60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-122-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
DecisionRolesGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Stakeholder Salience Model
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
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid