Learning objective
Name the driver, one approver, contributors and informed parties for a consequential decision.
Why it matters
Everyone attends the meeting, yet nobody knows who must decide or who has been excluded.
Core concept
DACI defines decision roles: Driver coordinates, Approver decides, Contributors advise, Informed receive the outcome. The decision record still needs evidence, a date and an appeal route.
Scenario
A regional transit operator must decide whether to suspend an automated dispatch rule after a near miss. Safety, operations and vendors disagree.
Worked decision
Give the safety executive decision authority, appoint an incident driver, consult drivers and engineers, record the evidence and set a rapid review after containment.
Decision rule
Publish the decision, rationale, owner and review trigger.
Ethical boundary
Using DACI to legitimise a decision already made or treating informed people as if impact removes their right to challenge.
AI lens
Use AI to organize evidence, then verify its source and keep decision authority with people.
Quick check
What would invalidate the first proposed action? Using DACI to legitimise a decision already made or treating informed people as if impact removes their right to challenge.
Next step
Complete the DACI Decision Framework case.