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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
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-62-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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