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| Criterion |  Decision Making RAPID |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 5-30 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | DecisionRolesGovernance | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |