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RAPID Matrix is a tool to help in defining what during a project and emphasizes on the decision making roles. This tool helps in avoiding the ambiguity on who is responsible / accountable for in a particular project / endeavor. Who developed the RAPID Matrix and why ? This matrix was created by world renowned consultancy firm Bane Consulting to fasten te decision making process. Bane Consulting developed this matrix to accelerate the decision making as firm believed strongly that Performance and High Quality decision making goes hand in hand. In other words it may be said that high performance is strongly related to Quality of Decision Making (Fast / Accurate / Relevant / Long Term Vision etc.). Its depicted Mathematically as below: High Performance (PH) = f (High Quality Decision Making (QD)) RAPID Matrix assigns the key owner for each role and when the roles are clearly defined and delineated, the team / organizations / individuals are able to make decisions more accurately and swiftly. RAPID requires a lot of practice and discipline. Not every decision requires the level of effort and investment that goes into creating the RAPID roles. Successful adopters begin with the decisions that they rely on to run their businesses day to day. And, of course, to be effective, RAPID needs support throughout the organization: among its leaders, in its culture and as recognized part of its daily processes. RAPID® is a registered trademark of Bain and is widely used worldwide for decision making and fast tracking the same in any complex organization. What RAPID stands for? R – Recommend – Who should be recommending an action? A – Agree – Who all should agree before it can be moved forward? P – Perform – Who will be performing the actions required for implementation? I – Input – Whose inputs are required to check the feasibility? D – Decide -Who decides to bring decision to closure and channelizes the decision to implement? RAPID Matrix Diagram: Let’s see RAPID Matrix Implementation in Six Sigma / Process Improvement World: Let’s now understand what DACI Matrix is. DACI decision-making framework designed to improve a team’s effectiveness and velocity of the projects, by assigning the involved team member’s specific roles and responsibilities when it comes to group decisions. What DACI stands for ? D - Driver (the person who drives the decision) A - Approver (the person who makes the decision) C - Contributors (the people or teams whose knowledge helps in the project) I - Informed (the people which may be affected by decisions and therefore needs to be kept in loop or informed on the process changes etc. ). Who developed the DACI Matrix and why? DACI matrix was developed by Intuit and is considered to be a variant of the RACI Matrix. Application of DACI in Website Launch Process: Let’s see what can be DACI Matrix for Running Six Sigma Projects in an Organization: D - Driver – Project Lead / Process Expert (Who is doing the Six Sigma Project / guiding the project) A - Approver – Decision Maker (Process Owner / Sponsor can be Approvers) C - Contributor – Advisor (Project Mentor / Champion can be a Contributor) I - Informed (Team Members / Team Leaders / SMEs /etc. that will be affected by the process change post the project completion) DACI tool is very useful in making the fast / cross functional decisions and are usually used effectively in a complex hierarchy organization. What RACI Matrix is? RACI Matrix is a responsibility grid that maps every task or milestone or any key decision involved in completing a particular project and it assigns the roles those are Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed during a project. R – Responsible (Person who is primarily responsible for doing the action) A – Accountable (Person who is accountable for outcome for action done by Responsible Person) C – Consulted (Subject Matter Expertise whose inputs can be taken / consulted during a project) I – Informed (Persons / teams who needs to be informed about the progress of the project / outcome) Lets understand the RACI Matrix for Six Sigma Framework Deployment Again: RACI Matrix Example for a Sales Strategy Formulation and Deployment: Lets now understand the Difference between RAPID / DACI / RACI by below table : So if we see overall, RAPID / DACI frameworks are focused upon strategic decision making and accelerating the decision making process, however RACI is more towards task oriented and pushing these tasks / milestones planned for completion within stipulated timelines.