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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30-60 min45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)2-103-122-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
DecisionRolesGovernance
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
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