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Decision Making
RAPID
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Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
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.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.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
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min2-6 h90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-84-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
DecisionRolesGovernance
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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