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Criterion
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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 early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.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
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min20–45 min30-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Small cross-functional group1-62-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tags1 shared
DecisionRolesGovernance
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
DecisionTreeOptions
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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