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Criterion
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.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.When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min60-120 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-105-124-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
DecisionRolesGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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