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Criterion
Paper illustration for T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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Decision Making
RAPID
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Purposedifferent
When effort only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes.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.When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-45 min30-60 min45-90 min15-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Size Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split CandidatesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision LogIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats
Tagsno overlap
EstimationAgileRoadmap
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
DecisionRolesGovernance
EstimationEffortAgile
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