PD010
Separate consultation from decision authority, assigning a single accountable owner with a fixed deadline to resolve participation-vs-speed conflicts.
CyberTRIZ analysis · Process contradiction PD010 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI
Regulations
Broader Stakeholder Participation vs. Faster Decision-Making
Business Context. Involving every affected department in process decisions improves buy-in and surfaces blind spots, but broad participation also slows decision-making when consensus becomes difficult to reach.
Process TRIZ Resolution. Rather than requiring consensus from every participant, organizations should separate the roles of consulted stakeholder from accountable decision-maker, ensuring input is gathered broadly while a single owner makes the final call within a defined timeframe.
Applicable TRIZ Principles
Principle 24 (Intermediary) separates the consulting role from the deciding role to prevent broad input from stalling decisions.
Principle 19 (Periodic Action) sets a fixed decision deadline rather than allowing open-ended consultation.
Principle 3 (Local Quality) adapts the level of consultation required to the size of the decision at stake.
Expected Outcome
Broader input captured
Faster final decisions
Clear accountability
Reduced decision paralysis
Decision Indicators
Process decisions repeatedly miss planned deadlines.
No single person can explain who owns a given decision.
Meetings are called repeatedly without reaching resolution.
Stakeholders feel excluded despite lengthy consultation periods.
Decisions are revisited after being announced as final.
If several of these indicators are present, the contradiction is likely active and the Process TRIZ resolution above should be evaluated.