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Criterion
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung20-45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-20 Reviewer4-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsIdea List, Cluster, ShortlistIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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