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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Decision Making DACI |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Decision Making RAPID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | 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. | When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-10 | 5-15 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Spotify Model Map, Action List | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | DecisionRolesGovernance |