Ingredient 14.Clarify Roles and Responsibilities
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Everyone has a role to play. Make sure you know yours.

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” —Aristotle, philosopher

The Problem

Project teams don’t know how to work well together.

The Solution

Openly discuss issues and goals before deciding what’s needed to improve working relationships.

  • Create a RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed) matrix to clearly show when each member of the project team is expected to be responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed at key stages in a project’s life cycle.[37]

  • Form roles around interests and strengths. Find out what motivates ...

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