Compliance Programme RACI Matrix
This is a practical guide to building a raci matrix for a compliance programme project — a grid mapping tasks to who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed, adapted to the realities of achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance.
What a RACI Matrix is
A raci matrix is a grid mapping tasks to who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and Informed. For the full concept and how it works in general, see RACI Matrix. On a compliance programme project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Compliance Programme project
Compliance Programme projects live or die on achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance. A well-built raci matrix gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how compliance programme projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Activities as rows
- Roles as columns
- One Accountable per row
- Responsible / Consulted / Informed
Compliance Programme-specific considerations
Tailor the raci matrix to the risks that most often derail compliance programme projects:
- Evolving regulation
- Evidence and audit
- Cross-department coordination
Example
On a real compliance programme project, the raci matrix would be shaped by achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — evolving regulation, evidence and audit, cross-department coordination — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.