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Decision Making
RAPID
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Purposedifferent
In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-30 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-122-66-30 Experten
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogRoot cause notes, CountermeasuresExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes
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DecisionRolesGovernance
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
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