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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.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.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-3 h45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-205-303-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
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