Delegation: Delegate with the RACI delegation checklist

Use a RACI checklist to define the various roles in completing tasks or deliverables for a project:

1. Responsible--person who performs an activity or does the work;
2. Accountable--person who is ultimately accountable and has Yes/No/Veto power;
3. Consulted--person who needs to provide feedback and contribute; and (4) Informed--person who needs to know of the decision or action.

Related Best Practices

• Assigning Responsibility - More on RACI and another delegation checklist, MOCHA
• Delegation
• 12 Rules of Delegation
• Manager 101

Resources

• Wikipedia – has more detailed information on RACI and similar systems

• The Management Center - provides a more in depth discussion on MOCHA

• Projectsmart – provides a detailed discussion on utilizing RACI, developing a RACI matrix and other project management resources

Author

The author of this page is Terry Gardiner

Terry Gardiner is the founder and President of Silver Lining Seafoods and NorQuest Seafoods - a medium-size Alaska seafood processing company; and currently a Board member of the Anvil Corporation, an employee-owned company specializing in oil and gas engineering.

His co-operative experiences include member director of the Commercial Fishermen Co-operative association; creation of legislation for the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank; and advisor to the US Dept of Health and Social Services for the state Health CO-OPs.

Terry served ten years as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives -several legislative committee chairmanships, Speaker of the House, Chairman of the Alaska Criminal Code Commission and board member on various state and federal boards and commissions.

His non-profit experiences include National Policy Director for the Small Business Majority in Washington DC; working with the Herndon Alliance and ForTerra.

Terry authored the leadership book, "Six-Word Lessons to Build Effective Leaders: 100 Lessons to Equip Your People to Create Winning Organizations".

For more check: Terry Gardiner Long bio