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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |