Establishing Roles and Responsibility - RASCI
1. WHAT is a RASCI?
The RASCI matrix is a useful tool for defining the roles and to determine the tasks,
responsibilities and authority of everyone involved in the project. The names or functional
roles of the development group members are listed along the horizontal axis of the matrix
and the deliverables, activities or processes along the vertical axis.
Designation Definition Guidance for use
eo Recconeible Responsible to do the
D work or get it done
eo Approve ) Approves the activity or
Assign to only one person
Can easily become a
recommendations bottleneck
the activity (e.g. advice, financials, etc.)
Look to convert to ‘Inform’
wherever possible to
streamline the process
Need to accept not
everyone will have a say in
every decision
Must be consulted before
@® Consult :
proceeding
ls informed about
o Inform ) decisions after they are
made
e Support ) Supports the execution of ) Provides some kind of input