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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
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.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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing30-60 min60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-202-104-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision Notes
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
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