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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Decision Making RAPID |  Innovation Design Thinking |  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. | 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. | 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 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 | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 45-90 min | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 4-10 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | DecisionRolesGovernance | InnovationPrototypeResearch | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |