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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 RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
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.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend90-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)4-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
DecisionRolesGovernance
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Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker