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Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 minHalf day initial, dann laufend60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-10Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogTeam API DocumentCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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Decision Making
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