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The Ultimate Guide to RAID Log
by Kim Essendrup

This book will introduce you to RAID logs and help you learn how to use them so your projects can immediately benefit.

© Copyright 2022 Kim Essendrup

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ACTION ITEMS LOG

Below are the typical columns in the Action Items log of a RAID log. 

Column Description
ID Unique ID for tracking and reference
Brief task description, in the form of a “cause and effect statement” We need to do x so we can get y
State The state of the Action Item, usually a picklist denoting the lifecycle: 

  • Open
  • In progress
  • Blocked
  • Completed
Status Status (red/amber/green) of the RAID item, denoting whether it is on-track, at-risk or off-track.
Date Opened Date the action item was added to the log. This is good for tracking new vs old items
Source Source of the action – the person who raised it or the forum it was raised in. This is handy when someone says, “where did this come from?”
Owner Person accountable for completing the action
Due Date Date the task should be completed
Comments/notes Either a running log of the status or details about the activity

 

Optional Extended Columns

Column Description
Priority Optional. I personally don’t use this very often – date is enough of a driver. If you use L/M/H for priority, it’s not long before everything is a High priority item.
Internal Only (team only) Flag Flag indicating if this RAID item should be kept internal to your team. 

Instead of a flag, you can create data classification picklist of increasing sensitivity, such as “My-eyes only,” “Internal Team Only,” “Internal Org Only” or “All Stakeholders(default)” to allow for easy filtering 

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