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Criterion
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for DACI
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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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.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
MediumHighLowLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-4 Wochen45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-126-30 Experten2-82-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Rights Matrix, AgreementExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tags1 shared
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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