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Criterion
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
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 work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
90-180 minOngoing45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Rights Matrix, AgreementKanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes
Tagsno overlap
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
FlowVisual managementDelivery
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
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Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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Kepner-Tregoe