A Directly Responsible Individual is the person who is ultimately accountable for the success or failure of a specific project, initiative, or activity, a term that originated at Apple and is documented in the GitLab handbook.

The author defines 'Directly Responsible Individual' (DRI), tracing its origin to Apple and citing the GitLab handbook's description of the term. ✦ AI generated

Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-12 · original ↗

Apparently the term originated at Apple, where it's used to describe the person who is "ultimately accountable for the success or failure of a specific project, initiative, or activity".

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