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RACI Chart Template: Free, One Page, With Examples
A free one-page RACI chart template, what R, A, C and I mean with a worked example, the one rule that makes it work, and two related templates for team roles.
By MakeOnepagers Team
Updated · 5 min read
A RACI chart template lists every task in a project down the side and every person across the top, then marks who does the work, who owns the result, who is asked for input and who is kept informed. It ends the most expensive sentence in any project: "I thought you were doing that." Below is what each letter means, a free RACI chart template you can copy, a worked example and two related templates for team roles.
One‑Pager examples
Real One-Pagers made with MakeOnepagers. Open any one to edit it as your own.
Every example was made with MakeOnepagers. The names and figures are samples, and each one opens as a template you can edit for free.
What does RACI stand for?
| Letter | Stands for | In plain words | How many per task |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | Responsible | Does the work | One or more |
| A | Accountable | Owns the result and signs it off | Exactly one |
| C | Consulted | Is asked before it is done | As few as possible |
| I | Informed | Is told after it is done | Anyone who needs to know |
The difference between R and A is the one people get wrong. R is the person with their hands on it. A is the person who answers for it if it goes wrong. On a small task they can be the same person.
A free RACI chart template
Copy this into a spreadsheet or document, or open the example below and edit it.
| Task | Person 1 | Person 2 | Person 3 | Person 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brief and goals | A | R | C | I |
| Copy | A | R | C | |
| Design | A | C | R | I |
| Build | I | C | C | A |
| Launch | A | R | C | R |
Under the grid, add:
- People: each name, their role and what they own, in one line.
- Hand-offs: the dates when work passes from one person to the next.
- Open questions: any task where the owner is not agreed yet.
RACI chart example
Edit this template
A website relaunch with five people, six tasks and four hand-offs, on one page the team can pin up.
What to copy:
- A key under the grid in plain words: "R does it, A owns it, C is asked, I is told." New people read it without a definition.
- Hand-offs as a timeline: brief to copy on Oct 6, copy to design on Oct 20, design to build on Nov 3, launch on Nov 24. Work is dropped at hand-offs, so they get their own section.
- Open questions at the bottom: "Who signs off the cookie banner?" A blank in the grid is a decision nobody has made yet. Listing it gets it made.
Open it: RACI chart template.
Templates for the same job
A RACI chart answers "who does what on this project". Two related One-Pagers answer the questions around it.
Team charter: who owns what, all the time
Edit this template
A standing team's owners and backups for each area, plus how it works and where to ask.
- Owner and backup for each area, with the channel to ask in. A RACI chart is for one project. This lasts as long as the team does.
- How we work in three rules: write it down, ship small, no meetings Tuesday and Thursday.
Open it: team charter template.
Stakeholder map: who needs to hear what
Edit this template
An office move's stakeholders sorted by power and interest, with what each one gets and how often.
- The C and I people, in more detail. The RACI chart says who is told. The stakeholder map says what they are told, how often and by whom.
- A watch list: "Finance, worried about the lease overlap." The people whose support could change get named.
Open it: stakeholder map template.
How to make a RACI chart in 5 steps
- List the tasks or decisions down the side, eight at most. Use verbs: write copy, approve design, launch.
- List the people or roles across the top.
- Mark one A for each task first. If you cannot agree who, write it in open questions.
- Add the R for each task, then the C and I.
- Check each row and column: one A per row, and nobody with an R on every task.
Have a project plan or a long email thread about roles? Drop it into the free AI One-Pager generator and get a first RACI chart back to edit.
RACI chart mistakes
- Two A's on one task. Shared ownership means nobody owns it. Pick one.
- Too many C's. Every C is a person who can slow the task down. Ask only the people whose input changes the result.
- Thirty tasks. Nobody reads it. Group them into the eight that matter.
- Made once and never shown again. Pin it up, and open it at the start of each review meeting.
Make your RACI chart
Open the free RACI chart template and put in your tasks and people, or drop your project plan into the free AI One-Pager generator and get a finished chart back.
Frequently asked questions
What is a RACI chart?
A grid that shows, for each task in a project, who is Responsible for doing it, who is Accountable for the result, who is Consulted and who is Informed.
What is the difference between responsible and accountable?
Responsible is the person who does the work. Accountable is the one person who owns the result and signs it off. A task can have several people responsible but only one accountable.
Can one person be both R and A?
Yes. On small tasks the person doing the work often owns the result too. Mark it as A, or as "A/R" if your team prefers.
Is a RACI chart the same as a RACI matrix?
Yes. RACI chart, RACI matrix and responsibility assignment matrix all mean the same grid.
