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Criterion
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Purposedifferent
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.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-51-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisRAID Log, Status Report SourceDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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