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Wish I could have been there to clarify how the RACI model was used
at my nonprofit. (We used the version called DARCI because it was
less of a flat hierarchy). <br>
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<dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Responsible</i></dt>
<dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-left: 1.6em;
margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">There should be
exactly one person with this assignment for each task. They
delegate and work and make sure their team has everything
they need to get it done to spec. They make adjustments to
the plan as needed. They are the point of contact, and the
one that reports back about progress. They are the one
person whose neck is on the line. <br>
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<dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Assists
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<dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-left: 1.6em;
margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Those who assist
completion of the task. The worker bees. Most tasks will
have many, all coordinated by the 'Responsible'. They often
have more expertise in their work than the 'R' does, so they
get to choose what tools to use and other specifics that
weren't covered by the spec. For small tasks the 'R' and 'A'
may be the same person. <br>
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<dd style="line-height: 1.6; margin-left: 1.6em;
margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Those whose
opinions are sought; and with whom there is two-way
communication. Outside experts. Other teams who will be
impacted by your work. <br>
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margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;">Those who are kept
up-to-date on progress; and with whom there is one-way
communication. The mailing list.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/25/14, 7:25 AM, Naomi Most wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Greetings Rebooters,
TL;DR -- if your name was on the board yesterday, please start a
thread right now on the Build list to describe your area(s) of
Accountability and recruit help.
We talked last night about using the "Responsibility Assignment
Matrix" to manage our projects.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_assignment_matrix">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsibility_assignment_matrix</a>
Click on that link to the expanded definitions.
Last night we attempted to assign an "accountable" role to each
project and collect any interested "consulting" or "responsible"
roles.
The "informed" role goes to the Build mailing list. I'll read it
obsessively and occasionally pry for more information when I think
someone's missed some information that another project needs.
CONCERNS about this system:
There was a lot of mixup between "accountable" and "responsible" in
our discussion last night. I was a little sleep-deprived and couldn't
keep them straight myself.
We may want to make the world easier *and* more fun for ourselves by
making up our own parallel system. For example:
Accountable = BOFH
Responsible = Developer
Consulted = Bikeshedder
Informed = Mailing List
(We can do better than that, of course.)
Or we can just all agree to get really good at knowing the difference
between "responsible" and "accountable", but as a user interface, I
wouldn't call this nomenclature intuitive.
DISCUSS! :)
Cheers,
Naomi
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