RACI

A RACI diagram (as illustrated below) is used to describe the roles and responsibilities of the participants in a business or project activity in terms of producing predetermined deliverables.  RACI is an acronym formed from the four participatory roles that it describes: -

• Responsible (those who undertake the activity, the resources).
• Accountable (those who take the credit for success or responsibility for failure, the ‘activity manager’ – there must be at lease one A specific for each activity).
• Consulted (those whose opinions are sought).
• Informed (those who are kept up-to-date on progress).

There is an expanded version, RACI-VS, which adds two roles: -

• Verifies (the party who checks whether the product meets the quality criteria set forth in the product description).
• Signs off (the party who approves the V decision and authorises the product hand-off).