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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 activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-4 Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-126-30 Experten2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Rights Matrix, AgreementExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes
Tagsno overlap
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
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