DACI is a project management and decision making framework (and a Creative Ops pro's BFF). It's also an acronym. It stands for: Driver, Approver, Contributors, and Informed. These are the four roles that anyone can play within a project.
Some of the roles are more active than others. Some have a louder voice. Ultimately what it comes down to is nailing down the right group of people for the work and trying to keep it as tight as possible. Click here to learn more about DACI.
| Project Name: | Time Heist | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Link to Ticket: | ILY-3000 | ||
| DRIVER | APPROVER | CONTRIBUTORS | INFORMED |
| The one person who will be driving the team to a decision. | The one person who has the final say in approving decisions | The people who will contribute to the decision-making process. | Anyone affected by the decision who isn’t directly involved. |
| Captain America | Iron Man | Ant-Man | |
| Black Widow | |||
| Hawkeye | |||
| Nebula | |||
| Rocket Raccoon | |||
| The Hulk | |||
| Thor | Everyone that blipped |
I hope you've all seen Avengers: Endgame because I'm about to spoil it. Ant-Man comes back from the Quantum Realm with an idea, Captain America runs with it, and Iron Man is ultimately the one responsible for approving the project (and contributing to it's success). Everyone else is a contributor because they're doing the work traveling across timelines to get their respective infinity stones.
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