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| Criterion |  Agile Scrum |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  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. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 90-180 min | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | AgileIterationCadence | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |