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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 Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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 it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.During an acute incident with several people involved, the method creates a clear leadership and communication structure. It reduces chaos when fast coordination and clean situational awareness are both needed at once.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 minAs needed20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-104-151-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsIncident Log, Action Tracker, Stakeholder UpdatesOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes
Tagsno overlap
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
IncidentOperationsReliability
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
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