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Criterion
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Paper illustration for RAPID
Decision Making
RAPID
Purposedifferent
When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.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.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.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
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min60-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-102-103-63-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernance
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