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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Purposedifferent
A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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.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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-102-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
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