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Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
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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 teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.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.
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MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-3 Tage Setup, laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-82-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Rights Matrix, AgreementGolden Path Guide, Templates, Quality ChecksDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
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DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
EngineeringProductivityGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
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Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
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Architecture
Request for Comments