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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 an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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.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.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.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
MediumLowHighLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min45-90 min1-4 Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-122-86-30 Experten2-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Rights Matrix, AgreementRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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