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You are the program manager for your organization and are planning the roles and responsibilities in your program. You would like to create a RACI chart for the program work. What does RACI mean?

The correct answer is A. It is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, consult, and inform. RACI is a responsibility assignment matrix where each letter stands for a specific type of involvement: Responsible, Accountable, Consult, and Inform.

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Question

You are the program manager for your organization and are planning the roles and responsibilities in your program. You would like to create a RACI chart for the program work. What does RACI mean?

Options

  • AIt is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, consult, and inform
  • BIt is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, action, consult, and interest
  • CIt is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses resource, action, contribute, inform responsibilities
  • DIt is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, contribute, and inform

How the community answered

(60 responses)
  • A
    88% (53)
  • B
    7% (4)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    3% (2)

Why each option

RACI is a responsibility assignment matrix where each letter stands for a specific type of involvement: Responsible, Accountable, Consult, and Inform.

AIt is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, consult, and informCorrect

RACI is a well-established project and program management framework standing for Responsible (who does the work), Accountable (who owns the outcome), Consult (who provides input), and Inform (who is kept updated). These four roles cover the full spectrum of stakeholder involvement in any given task or decision.

BIt is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, action, consult, and interest

'Action' and 'Interest' are not components of the RACI model - the correct terms are Accountable and Inform.

CIt is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses resource, action, contribute, inform responsibilities

'Resource,' 'Action,' and 'Contribute' are not RACI terms; the acronym stands for Responsible, Accountable, Consult, and Inform.

DIt is a roles and responsibilities chart that uses responsible, accountable, contribute, and inform

'Contribute' is not a RACI component - the correct third element is Consult, which describes two-way communication before a decision is made.

Concept tested: RACI responsibility assignment matrix definition

Source: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/applying-raci-model-agile-projects-8823

Topics

#RACI Chart#Roles and Responsibilities#Program Governance#Stakeholder Engagement

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