RACI Chart Examples

These RACI matrix examples show how different teams define ownership across tasks, decisions, and deliverables. Use them when you need a starting point that matches your context, then adapt the roles and rows to fit your own project.

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Real examples

Software feature delivery

Who uses it: Engineering team planning a new product feature

Feature spec | A | C | R | I | C

Technical design | C | A | I | I | R

Implementation | I | A | I | C | I

QA sign-off | I | C | I | A | I

Analytics tracking | C | I | I | I | A

Why this works: Keeping analytics ownership with the Data team avoids last-minute tracking gaps. The PM stays Accountable on spec but moves to Consulted once engineering owns the build phase.

Marketing campaign launch

Who uses it: Marketing manager coordinating a multi-channel campaign

Campaign brief | A | C | C | I | I

Ad copy | A | R | C | I | C

Creative assets | A | C | R | I | I

Media plan | A | I | I | R | I

Legal review | C | C | I | I | A

Go-live | A | I | I | R | C

Why this works: Legal is consulted on copy but Accountable only for their own review step. This prevents legal from becoming a blocker on tasks they only need to be aware of.

University group project

Who uses it: Students dividing work for a semester project

Task | Lead | Research | Writing | Design

Topic scoping | A | C | I | I

Literature | I | A | C | I

Draft writing | C | C | A | I

Visuals | I | I | C | A

Final review | A | C | R | R

Why this works: Even in a small team, a RACI avoids the common student-project problem where everyone waits for someone else to take the lead on each deliverable.

Employee hiring process

Who uses it: HR team documenting a recruiting workflow

Step | HR | Hiring Mgr | Recruiter | Finance

Job description | C | A | R | I

Sourcing | I | I | A | I

Interviews | C | A | R | I

Offer approval | C | R | I | A

Onboarding plan | A | C | I | I

Why this works: Finance is Accountable only for offer approval, keeping them out of earlier steps. This RACI reduced back-and-forth by clarifying that the Hiring Manager signs off on interviews, not HR.

Compliance audit preparation

Who uses it: Operations team preparing for an annual security audit

Policy review | A | C | R | I | C

Evidence collection | A | R | C | R | R

Risk assessment | A | C | C | I | I

Remediation plan | A | R | C | C | I

Auditor response | R | C | A | I | I

Why this works: Multiple R assignments on evidence collection reflect that each department owns their own data. The CISO stays Accountable throughout but Legal takes the A on formal auditor responses.

Content production pipeline

Who uses it: Creator building a repeatable publishing workflow

Step | Creator | Editor | Designer | Publisher

Outline | A | C | I | I

Draft | A | C | I | I

Edit | C | A | I | I

Visuals | C | I | A | I

Publishing | I | C | I | A

Why this works: The creator owns early stages but hands off Accountability for editing and publishing to specialists. This reduces revision cycles because each step has a single sign-off owner.

Tips for better study mind maps

Every row must have exactly one A — if you see two, decide who truly owns the outcome and move the other to R or C.
If a person appears as R on every row, they may be overloaded; look for tasks to redistribute.
C means you need their input before deciding; I means you tell them after. Mixing the two is the most common RACI mistake.
Keep the matrix to eight rows or fewer per review session — longer matrices lose focus during team walkthroughs.

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