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Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Purposedifferent
For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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
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Timedifferent
1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen90-180 min30 min Setup, dann laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-104-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Problem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementRAID Log, Status Report SourceDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
InnovationPrototypeResearch
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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