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RACI source

Katrina — Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:31:37 -0400

There are some useful books on Amazon if you search for them.

Also, these might be of interest -

RACI diagram on Wikipedia
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Responsibility Assignment Matrix on The Project Management Blogroll

Is there a source?

jhr — Tue, 4 Sep 2007 21:20:28 -0400

I like the idea, in large organizations with part time people it would help keep people informed, and accountable. Is there a source(book) for this?

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Nice thought

breggol — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:50:01 -0400

Nice thought, but I do not see a purpose for a tailor made template. You could instead use one of the general matrices in the core templates. All you would need is a legend. That could be in your head or in a quick reference card (which would be nice to have).

Another example

breggol — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:48:17 -0400

Another purpose is for project management. You could "RACI" any deliverable in your project.

Two examples

grigor — Thu, 5 Apr 2007 02:13:33 -0400

1. Meeting
John, Paul, Anne and Sara have a meeting. For a meeting to be successfull they have to book a room, prepare computer infrastructure, prepare flipchart and provide sendwiches and coffee (it will be very long meeting).

Meeting should be organized in John's city, so he is R to book a room. Paul holds the budget and he is A for this task. Sara and Anne are I.
Anne is IT person and she will be R to provide IT infrastructure (network, power etc.). She can consult Paul in order to know what facilities are available in the meeting room.
She is also R to get a flipchart.
Sara is R to organize cattering with sandwiches and coffee. Paul, the budget holder, has to be C. John has to be C as well, because he prepares an agenda. All will be I about the time and place for lunch.

Note: Do NOT organize meetings this way! :) This is just to illustrate how RACI matrix works.

2. Sharing responsibilities between vendor and customer
Vendor is providing computer hosting service for a customer. Operational tasks that have to be performed are: data backup, installation of new disks, monitoring and creating new user accounts in the system.

Vendor is R to make the data backup. He is also A for that task.
Vendor is R for installation of new disks when there is a lack of storage space, but customer has to buy disks so he is A.
Vendor is R to monitor the system and customer is I about the status.
Customer is R to create user accounts. Since he pays for the licences he is also A.

I hope that these two examples help to better understand how RACI matrix can be used.
Kind regards,
Grigor

Any references or specific examples ?

ygor — Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:18:19 -0400

I like the concept but I am not sure I completely understand how it works.

Nice template, too.
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RACI matrix

grigor — Wed, 4 Apr 2007 05:29:16 -0400

RACI is a method to assign activities (functions or tasks) to functional areas (roles).
Acronym RACI stands for:

Responsible - This position is responsible that work is done (they are “doers”).
Accountable - position with responsibility and authority to approve/disapprove task or action
Consulted - person(s) who has to be consulted about task or action and who need to provide an input. They are “kept in the loop” by two-way communication.
Informed - person(s) who need to be informed about the task or action. They are “kept in the picture” by one-way communication.

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