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Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Purposedifferent
When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
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RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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Operations
Barrier Analysis
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Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree