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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Decision Making RAPID |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 45-90 min | 45-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-12 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | DecisionRolesGovernance | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |