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| Criterion | ![]() Engineering Golden Path | ![]() Decision Making DACI | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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