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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 NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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 estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minlaufend90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-82-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
EstimationForecastingFlow
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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Operations
Kepner-Tregoe