Using the RACI matrix you can represent and analyze the responsibilities that exist within a process. RACI is short for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed.
The matrix shows which organizational unit participates in activities of a process and in what manner:
Responsible indicates the person who assumes execution responsibility. It shows who is responsible for performing an activity, who actually does the activity, but also who assumes the supervising responsibility.
Accountable indicates the person who is ultimately answerable for the correct and thorough completion of a task. This may be the person in charge of managing the costs, that is, the person assuming project budget responsibility. The decides on and accepts connections are evaluated to identify this responsibility.
Consulted indicates the person who has a consulting role. This organizational unit - typically a group of subject matter experts - is asked for advice before making a final decision or taking final action.
Informed indicates the person who must be informed. It indicates who is kept up to date on the progress or completion of a task.
If you use the corresponding objects and connections in the process models, these can be evaluated using the RACI matrix, which is output in ARIS.
If you want to create satellites for RACI using satellite modeling, please make sure that the appropriate content type set is activated, for example, Default set.
You can model processes that can be evaluated as a RACI matrix.
Prerequisite
You have the ARIS Connect Designer license privilege.
Procedure (
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Create a process model.
Use objects and connections that can be evaluated by the RACI matrix.
Save the process.
You have modeled a process for which the relevant responsibilities can be represented using a RACI matrix.
You can also create content for a RACI matrix that is not displayed in the model.
A RACI matrix displays the activities of a process and the associated organizational responsibilities.
Procedure (
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Click Application launcher >
Published content.
If your administrator has published multiple databases, select the required database by clicking the current database name next to the database symbol, and then clicking the name of the relevant database.
Click Groups in the Classic or Processes in the Default configuration set.
Show the Navigation bar if it is not visible yet.
In the Navigation, open the group in which the required process is stored.
Click the name of the process for which you want to display the RACI matrix. The RACI fact sheet is shown.
Click RACI.
The RACI matrix is displayed for the process model you have selected. The functions of the process are arranged in rows, the organizational elements are arranged in columns. In the portal, process participations are displayed by default as a RACI matrix in the Classic and Default view. Instead of RACI, you can also configure the matrix as RA(S)CI matrix. Please contact your local Software AG sales organization.
You can use the RA(S)CI - Output organizational participations in processes report to output the RACI matrix in Microsoft® Excel format from an open process model. By default, this report does not return any Supportive information. To output this information, your script administrator must set the g_bRASCI variable to true.
A RACI matrix can be based on the following diagrams:
EPC (API name MT_EEPC)
EPC (column display) (API name MT_EEPC_COLUMN)
EPC (material flow) (API name MT_EEPC_MAT)
EPC (row display) (API name MT_EEPC_ROW)
EPC (table display) (API name MT_EEPC_TAB)
EPC (horizontal table display) (API name MT_EEPC_TAB_HORIZONTAL)
BPMN collaboration diagram (BPMN 2.0) - (API name MT_BPMN_COLLABORATION_DIAGRAM)
BPMN process diagram (BPMN 2.0) (API name MT_BPMN_PROCESS_DIAGRAM)
Enterprise BPMN collaboration diagram (API name MT_ENTERPRISE_BPMN_COLLABORATION)
Enterprise BPMN process diagram (API name MT_ENTERPRISE_BPMN_PROCESS)
Function allocation diagram (API name MT_FUNC_ALLOC_DGM). This model must be assigned to a function.
Value-added chain diagram (API name MT_VAL_ADD_CHN_DGM)
The following objects of a process are evaluated by a RACI matrix:
Function (API name OT_FUNC)
Group (API name OT_GRP)
Organizational unit (API name OT_ORG_UNIT)
Organizational unit type (API name OT_ORG_UNIT_TYPE)
Person (API name OT_PERS)
Role (API name OT_PERS_TYPE)
Position (API name OT_POS)
The following connections between organizational elements and functions are evaluated by the RACI matrix:
Responsible (R)
carries out (API name: CT_EXEC_1)
carries out (API name: CT_EXEC_2)
Accountable (A)
decides on (API name: CT_DECD_ON)
decides on (API name: CT_DECID_ON)
accepts (API name: CT_AGREES)
Consulted (C)
is technically responsible for (API name CT_IS_TECH_RESP_1)
is technically responsible for (API name CT_IS_TECH_RESP_3)
has consulting role in (API name CT_HAS_CONSLT_ROLE_IN_1)
has consulting role in (API name CT_HAS_CONSLT_ROLE_IN_2)
Informed (I)
must be informed about (API name: CT_MUST_BE_INFO_ABT_1)
must be informed about (API name: CT_MUST_BE_INFO_ABT_2)
must be informed on cancellation (API name: CT_MUST_BE_INFO_ON_CNC_1)
must be informed on cancellation (API name: CT_MUST_BE_INFO_ON_CNC_2)
If RA(S)CI was set, the following connections are additionally available:
Supportive (S)
contributes to (API name CT_CONTR_TO_1)
contributes to (API name CT_CONTR_TO_2)