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  • We sorted out who owned what at kickoff, but the project has shifted and two people have left since then, and now decisions are getting made by folks who aren’t even in those roles anymore
  • We leave the meeting all nodding that "we’ll get that done," and then next week it’s still untouched because everyone quietly assumed someone else had it
  • A deadline just blew past and when I asked what happened, everyone pointed at someone else
  • I handed this to "the team" without naming one clear owner, and now everyone assumes someone else has it
  • The project is wrapping and everyone’s just drifting off to the next thing with no acknowledgment of what we built together

Practices that may help

  1. Review the RACI when scope or team changes
    A RACI built at kickoff and never updated is out of date the moment the first change happens.
    The RACI Matrix, Made Practical
  2. Assign one owner to every Action Step
    Any Action Step shared by multiple owners effectively has no owner — every step needs exactly one named person responsible.
    The Action Method, Made Practical
  3. Assign exactly one Accountable per decision
    Every decision or deliverable must have exactly one A — not zero, not two.
    The RACI Matrix, Made Practical
  4. Set clear, single-point accountability
    One named owner, an agreed standard, and a check-in cadence set up front — not nagging.
    Effective Delegation, Made Practical
  5. Adjourning: close the team with intention
    How a team ends shapes how each member begins the next one.
    Tuckman’s Stages of Team Development
  6. Pair the RACI with a decision log
    Knowing who decides is only half the system — recording what was decided closes the accountability loop.
    The RACI Matrix, Made Practical
  7. Establish an explicit delegation protocol for Q3 tasks
    Define in advance who receives which types of urgent-but-not-important tasks — before they arrive.
    The Eisenhower Matrix for Teams
  8. Separate the doer (R) from the owner (A)
    The person who does the work is often not the person who owns the outcome — make this explicit.
    The RACI Matrix, Made Practical
  9. Move to action
    Close the conversation by deciding how decisions get made, then assigning who does what by when.
    Crucial Conversations, Made Practical
  10. Transfer authority with the responsibility
    Give people the decision rights and resources the task actually requires.
    Effective Delegation, Made Practical

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