RACI Chart
Over Thanksgiving weekend my dad was in town visiting from South Carolina where he is a project manager for his company. We were discussing the latest operations he has been working on and he mentioned a chart the people involved with the job use to stay on task. I thought this would be a great topic to relay here in the Business Discussion space as the holidays are here and there is lots of work to be done.
The plan I'm referring to is known as the RACI Chart. Let's break it down:
R - Responsible
- Definition: Does the work to complete the task
- Number of team members to assign: At least one per task
A - Accountable
- Definition: Delegates work and is the last one to review the task or deliverable before it's deemed complete
- Number of team members to assign: Limit to one per task
C - Consulted
- Definition: Provides input based on either how it will impact their future project work or their domain of expertise on the deliverable itself.
- Number of team members to assign: No maximum or minimum
I - Informed
- Definition: Needs to be kept in the loop on project progress, rather than roped into the details of every deliverable.
- Number of team members to assign: No maximum or minimum
That's all there is to it! A simple way to give everyone an idea of where and what they need to be working on for the current project. I hope you'll find this helpful with upcoming jobs, or maybe you're using the RACI Chart already or a similar plan of action. Did you think it helped with organization and keeping everyone on task? We'd love to hear from you!