Responsibility & decision-rights matrices

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Task-centric · 10

One row per task, letters per role

Decision-centric · 2

One row per decision

Single-owner · 1

One named person, no table

RACI Task-centric The baseline: exactly one Accountable per task, any number Responsible, Consulted, or Informed.RASCI Task-centric RACI plus Support: people who help the Responsible party without owning the outcome.RACI-VS Task-centric RACI plus Verify and Sign-off, for work that needs formal acceptance.CAIRO Task-centric RACI plus Omitted: explicitly marks who is deliberately not involved.DRASCI Task-centric Adds Driver: sets timelines and produces material to help delivery.PACSI Task-centric Control carries a veto; Suggest replaces Consulted. Suits regulated work.RATSI Task-centric Splits Responsible/Accountable into Responsible, Authority, and Task.RACIQ Task-centric RACI plus Quality: a role for who owns quality review.PARIS Task-centric Participant, Accountable, Review, Input, Sign-off. Predates RACI.MOCHA Task-centric Manager, Owner, Consulted, Helper, Approver. Exactly one Owner.RAPID Decision-centric Recommend, Agree, Perform, Input, Decide. Bain & Company framework.DACI Decision-centric Driver, Approver, Contributors, Informed. Drives a decision to closure.DRI Single-owner Directly Responsible Individual: one named owner, no letters, no table.