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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Purposedifferent
When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
0.5-2 Tage1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
6-123-20 Reviewer2-103-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Service Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership MapRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
DecisionRolesGovernance
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