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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
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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
LowHighLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 Wochen45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-86-30 Experten2-82-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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