# DACI

> A decision-making framework that assigns four roles to every significant decision: Driver (runs the process), Approver (has final authority), Contributors (provide expertise and input), and Informed (need to know the outcome).

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## Definition

A decision-making framework that assigns four roles to every significant decision: Driver (runs the process), Approver (has final authority), Contributors (provide expertise and input), and Informed (need to know the outcome). Developed at Intuit, DACI is functionally similar to RACI but optimized for decision velocity rather than ongoing task execution. By explicitly naming a single Approver, DACI eliminates the consensus-by-default failure mode where decisions drift because no one is empowered to make the final call.

## Related

- [Compare with RACI](https://www.synthboard.ai/glossary/raci-framework)


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