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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend60-120 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)4-102-82-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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