RACI
Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed
A responsibility model that clarifies who performs approves advises on and receives updates about work.
Plain English
Show who does the work who owns the outcome who gives input and who needs awareness.
In context
RACI can reduce ownership ambiguity for cross-functional decisions when each role is interpreted consistently and kept current.
Example
“The launch RACI names one accountable leader and two consulted teams.”
When you'll hear this
- project kickoff
- governance
- cross-team delivery
Common misunderstanding
RACI does not replace collaboration and assigning several accountable owners usually recreates ambiguity.
Also known as
responsibility assignment matrixRACI matrix
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Updated: 2026-08-27
