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Criterion
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
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Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.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.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min30-60 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-122-104-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
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FacilitationOptionsDecision
DecisionRolesGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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