Overview

The acronym RACI refers to four different roles: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed. It is a tool that helps define roles, delegate tasks, and hold one another accountable. Whether your organization includes fluid roles with folks who wear many hats, works on projects with many moving pieces, or is part of a collaborative where several different entities are coming together, a RACI can be a valuable structure to support a culture of collaboration. In alignment with our Equity Standards of Practice, RACI can help to spread roles and responsibilities throughout a group to distribute power. It can help the group reflect on how norms question, challenge, or reinforce institutional, organizational, or cultural norms.