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| Criterion |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Growth North Star Metric |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When product teams track many metrics, the view of the actual customer outcome easily gets lost. A North Star Metric bundles growth, usage, and value contribution into one signal that makes the system's direction visible. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | North Star metric, Input metric tree, Measurement cadence | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | GrowthMetricsAlignmentRetention | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |