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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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, laufend90-180 min1-2 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)4-124-122-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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