Free RACI Templates - All Formats, All Uses

By Kate Eby | June 30, 2022

We’ve rounded up the most popular and effective RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted, informed) templates. Use them to assign team members to project tasks and deliverables, and standardize a system of roles and responsibilities for projects. 

On this page, you’ll find a simple RACI matrix template, a RACI model template, and a sample RACI chart template. Those looking for more specific templates can download options for an ITIL RACI matrix, and an Agile RACI roles and responsibilities matrix, among others. Plus, find helpful tips for filling out these templates.

Simple RACI Matrix Template

Simple RACI Matrix Template

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Use this simple RACI matrix template to assign project roles and easily track the progress of tasks. Enter your project’s title and the project manager’s name, and add due dates and current statuses for each task. There’s room to list which team members are responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed for tasks, making it clear to all project stakeholders who’s involved in each facet of the project. The template is fully customizable and designed to ensure that your team successfully completes all of your project’s deliverables. 

Find more about RACI template resources in this comprehensive collection of free Microsoft Excel RACI templates.

RACI Model Template

RACI Model Template

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Project managers, team members, and project sponsors can all use this RACI model template to ensure that roles and responsibilities are clear from the get-go. Easily add tasks to project phases (e.g., Initiate Phase Activities and Execute Phase Activities) to see your project’s progress chronologically. Enter each task’s due date, percentage of progress toward completion, and status, as well as who is responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed for each task. 

Find additional resources for presenting your RACI model and matrices to team members, project sponsors, and other stakeholders in this collection of Microsoft PowerPoint RACI templates.

Sample RACI Chart Template

Sample RACI Chart Template

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This RACI chart template includes editable sample text to guide you through project planning and execution using the RACI matrix. Use the template to easily coordinate roles and responsibilities for each task required for project completion. With the built-in phases, you can assign individual project tasks to team members on a phase-by-phase basis as your project progresses.  

See this collection of free RACI templates for Microsoft Word for more resources.

RACI Roles and Responsibilities Template

RACI Roles and Responsibilities Template

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Assign and track your project deliverables with this easy-to-use RACI roles and responsibilities template. Team members and project managers alike will benefit from the visually dynamic layout of this single-source, shareable roles and responsibilities for each task in your project. 

Learn more about RACI template resources available for Google Sheets.

RACI for Change Management Template

RACI for Change Management Template

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Designed specifically for change management practices, this template enables you to track organizational changes, as well as assign RACI roles and responsibilities. Scrum masters or project managers who need to organize their team’s change management-specific tasks will appreciate the include template headers: Change Manager, CAB (change-advisory board), Technical Representative, Change Owner, and Customer, so they can easily assign RACI roles and responsibilities for each task in the Activities column.

RACI Software Matrix Template

RACI Software Matrix Template

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Software teams need a reliable way to assign project-task roles and responsibilities. They can use this template to assign and monitor tasks to account for every deliverable in major and minor software releases.

RACI Matrix Table 

RACI Matrix Table Template

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This presentation-ready RACI matrix table provides an easily readable, high-level snapshot of team members’ assignments and their respective roles. Upload team-member photos to help familiarize your project’s stakeholders with who’s involved on which tasks.

RACI Team Roles and Responsibilities Infographic 

RACI Team Roles and Responsibilities Infographic

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Use this presentation-friendly template for a visually rich overview of your project’s roles and responsibilities. This template is the perfect fit for project managers who want to effectively convey RACI assignments with team members, project sponsors, or other stakeholders.

RACI Responsibility Assignment Template 

RACI Responsibility Assignment Template

RACI Responsibility Assignment Template — Microsoft PowerPoint  

Account for all project roles and responsibilities with this dynamic RACI responsibility assignment template. Complete and present to stakeholders, so they’ll know which team members are responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed for each project task.

ITIL RACI Matrix Template

ITIL RACI Matrix Template

Download ITIL RACI Matrix Template
Microsoft Excel | Google Sheets 

This ITIL RACI matrix template is the perfect tool to assign RACI roles for all of your IT operations because it helps you adhere to the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) set of detailed practices. Completely customizable, this template provides a comprehensive method for assigning roles and responsibilities to each IT help desk request.

Find more ITIL resources in this comprehensive collection of ITIL RACI templates.

ITIL RACI Template with Gantt Chart

ITIL RACI Template with Gantt Chart

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Pairing RACI structure with a Gantt chart provides project managers, sponsors, and team members with easy-to-follow information on roles and responsibilities for all of your ITIL activities. This template is a helpful tool for those working in IT change management (ITCM), IT incident management, and IT service management (ITSM). Use this ITIL RACI template with Gantt chart to proactively track and manage all of your IT services.

RACI for ITIL Change Management Template

RACI for ITIL Change Management Template

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Project managers will appreciate this comprehensive RACI for ITIL change management template. They can use it to capture any scheduled changes and to assign the IT team members who are responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed (RACI) to the changes’ individual tasks. For each IT change management (ITCM) task, you can assign change management-specific RACI roles, such as a change owner, a change manager, a technical representative, change advisory board (CAB) members, and customers.

ITIL Incident Management RACI Matrix

ITIL Incident Management RACI Matrix Template

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Use this template to create and customize each IT task (e.g., setting up new-hire hardware and software). Assign tasks to team members responsible for completing them, as well as who is accountable for the work being completed, who has been consulted, and who has been informed that IT has undertaken the work.

ITIL Service Management RACI Template

ITIL Service Management RACI Template

Download ITIL Service Management RACI Template 
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IT managers and IT team members alike can use this ITIL service management RACI template to anticipate and record information technology service management (ITSM) helpdesk requests. Once you gather service-request details from clients and record them in the template, you can assign RACI roles for each request.

ITIL RACI Cross-Supplier Template

ITIL RACI Cross-Supplier Template

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This ITIL RACI cross-supplier template assists IT project management to accurately record and manage supplier contract details. Use it to assign IT personnel their various RACI roles, so that it is clear to everybody on your IT team who is fulfilling which component of your suppliers’ contract details.

Agile RACI Roles and Responsibilities Matrix Template

Agile RACI Roles and Responsibilities Matrix Template

Download Agile RACI Roles and Responsibilities Matrix Template with Example Data
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Download Blank Agile RACI Roles and Responsibilities Matrix Template
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This straightforward Agile RACI roles and responsibilities matrix template offers an easy way for Agile teams to assign RACI roles for a sprint’s features, deliverables, and individual tasks. Enter each sprint-specific task detail, and who is responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed. This way, it’s clear what must be completed by the end of your sprint, as well as who is assigned to which tasks and their roles. 

Find more resources in this comprehensive collection of Agile RACI templates.

Agile Planning RACI Presentation Template

Agile Planning RACI Presentation Template

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Proactively plan and assign accurate Agile sprint and release roles and responsibilities details  with this Agile planning RACI presentation template. This visually rich template features ready-to-use slides that help Agile Scrum masters, project managers, and product managers present project-assignment details, so that the division of responsibilities is clear to all stakeholders.

Agile RACI Matrix by Assignment Template

Agile RACI Matrix by Assignment Template

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Use this Agile RACI matrix by assignment template to clarify your team’s roles and responsibilities, and to standardize your Agile RACI practices. By adopting this RACI matrix model and methodology for your Agile sprints, everyone will be clear what their role is in fulfilling each sprint’s tasks.

What Is a RACI Template?  

A RACI template is a roles-and-responsibilities matrix that clarifies the team member involved in each individual task. Use a RACI template to provide project-task role clarification for project board members, team members, and other stakeholders. 

A RACI template provides not only who is responsible (the person performing the project task), but also who is accountable for ensuring it’s completed, who has been consulted regarding the task, and who has been informed that someone is working on the task. 

Reference this RACI definition list when deciding which letters to assign to team members for each project task: 

  • Responsible: Assign an R to the team member responsible for completing the task. 
  • Accountable: Assign an A to the individual accountable for ensuring the task is completed by the assignee.  
  • Consulted: Assign a C to the individual who has been consulted on the task. 
  • Informed: Assign an I to the person who has been informed that the task is underway. 

Using a RACI roles and responsibilities template provides a straightforward view of who is responsible for completing tasks, along with who else is involved in the task and their respective roles. 

While individual RACI templates may vary, most typically include the following components: 

  • Due Date: Set a due date to complete each project task, feature, or deliverable. 
  • Notes: Add any relevant notes related to RACI matrix roles and responsibilities for each project task, feature, or deliverable. 
  • Percentage Complete: Provide a percentage of completion for each task.
  • Phase: Add the name of the project phase under which you will assign tasks on the matrix.  
  • Project Title: Write the name of your project to which you will apply RACI matrix attributes. 
  • Project Manager: Enter the name of the project manager responsible for ensuring task and project completion.   
  • RACI: Designate which team members or interdepartmental stakeholders are responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed for each task, per the RACI matrix. 
  • Status: Include the status for each project task so that team members and other stakeholders are aware of its progress and how close it is to completion. 
  • Task Description: Provide a brief summary for each task that must be successfully completed for the project. 

Read this guide to RACI project management to learn more about how to use this process.

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