List the tasks or deliverables down the side and the people or roles across the top. Click each cell to cycle through Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed, and the builder checks the rules as you go.
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Everyone knows who does the work and who makes the call.
Consulted and Informed roles stop people being pulled into everything.
The summary shows who carries too much responsibility.
Every task should have exactly one Accountable person and at least one Responsible. Keep Consulted to the people whose input really changes the outcome - too many Cs slows decisions down.
Read the matrix by column too: a role with many As may be a bottleneck, and a role with no letters at all may not need to be involved.
Does the work. Can be several people.
Owns the outcome. Exactly one per task.
Two-way input vs one-way updates.
Responsible (does the work), Accountable (owns the outcome and signs off), Consulted (gives input before or during the work) and Informed (kept up to date after decisions).
Yes. That is common on small teams and is shown as A/R. Click a cell until it shows A/R.
If two people are accountable, nobody is. A single owner per task avoids gaps and conflicting decisions.
Shift-click a cell to cycle backwards, or keep clicking until it is empty.
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