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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
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Decision Making
DACI
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–45 min45-90 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-102-83-102-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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