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Criterion
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.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
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen60–90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
6-30 Experten2-82-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
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ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis