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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Purposedifferent
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.When a user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately.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.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
30 min Setup, dann laufend2-4 h45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-102-82-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceJourney Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity BacklogRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
JourneyServiceService design
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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