Transform Your Responsibility Matrix into a GANTT Chart
The time to draft a GANTT chart is when discussions are focused on WHO is responsible for WHAT; aka, Responsibility Matrix or Roles & Responsibilities (see below). The person that steps up to accept ‘Responsibility’ is likely the best person to have a clue about estimating WHEN something may be completed, HOW MUCH extra money may be required to complete it, and the HOW MUCH estimated labor (FTE) is required.
- Roles and Responsibilities
When the session leader records these four facts (responsible party, approximate cash or assets required, estimated due date, and how much approximate labor), the project manager has the basis for a GANTT chart—lacking only the arranging of precedents and antecedents and making adjustments to the first estimates provided. Not only has the facilitator enabled the team to draft its GANTT chart, they have helped them build a consensual view, not a myopic view from one person’s office or cubicle.
We are now aware of at least fourteen (14) different flavors of the Responsibility Matrix. While we support any that are effective in your culture, beware of the “C” as in consult because the term is a contronym and one can never be certain if assigned a “C” if they are giving you something or you are supposed to give them something. Here are the known methods, and undoubtedly there are many others:
- RACI,
- RACIA,
- RASI,
- RASCI,
- PARIS,
- RACIT,
- ALRIC,
- RASCIO (Omitted),
- LACTI (Lead, Approve, Consulted, Tasked, Informed),
- AERI (Accountable, Endorsement, Responsible, Informed)
- ARCI
- RASIC
- RACI-V
- CAIRO
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