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Criterion
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Purposedifferent
Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min45-120 min30-60 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted DownsidesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
GrowthRetentionConversion
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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