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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S | ![]() Operations RACI Matrix | ![]() Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model | ![]() Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-6 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |



