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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Purposedifferent
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.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.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.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
HighLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen45-90 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten3-102-102-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes
Tagsno overlap
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
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