The Full Form of RACI is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed.

RACI stands for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed. Each letter in the acronym represents a level of task responsibility.

Let’s take a moment to define the 4 responsibilities used in a RACI matrix.

RACI definitions

• Responsible: This team member does the work to complete the task. Every task needs at least one Responsible party, but it’s okay to assign more.
• Accountable: This person delegates work and is the last one to review the task or deliverable before it’s deemed complete. On some tasks, the Responsible party may also serve as the Accountable one. Just be sure you only have one Accountable person assigned to each task or deliverable. (Note: It might not be your PM!)
• Consulted: Every deliverable is strengthened by review and consultation from more than one team member. Consulted parties are typically the people who provide input based on either how it will impact their future project work or their domain of expertise on the deliverable itself.
• Informed: These team members simply need to be kept in the loop on project progress, rather than roped into the details of every deliverable.