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R A C I
Now you have your Project Management Team and each Team Member has a Job Description for their part in your project.
The RACI Chart is a perfect tool for listing and reporting who is responsible, who is accountable, who is to be consulted, and who just needs to be kept informed.
Remember:
Responsibility means the obligation to carry out the assigned duties.
Accountability means being answerable for the actions taken and the results. A person should not be held accountable without being given the
needed Authority.
Authority means the right (power) to apply resources, make decisions, give
approvals, and issue orders.
Consult on a RACI Chart means the people to be asked, before proceeding.
Informed on a RACI Chart means the people who you just have to let them know
what is going on.
This video is a good one. It goes fast, so you might want to pause it now and again. Please recall our videos load better in Firefox than in Windows Explorer.
Project Steps
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The video gives some things to watch for in your RACI Chart. They are:
1. Only one A per Activity; but every Activity must have one A
2. Too many R's for an Activity and people might be getting in each
others' way. Need at least one R to get the Activity done.
3. Too many C's and the risk of paralysis by analysis; too much talk and
not enough action. No C's might indicate a lack of team input or lack of
communication.