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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter | ![]() Facilitation Consensus Workshop | ![]() Decision Making DACI | ![]() Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 5-30 | 2-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tags1 shared | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |



