Connecting the Dots in Your Projects
In project management, we often struggle with an important but frustrating question: “Why did we make this decision?”
Projects are complex, and every risk, issue, action, and decision plays a role in shaping outcomes. But traditional RAID logs fail to capture these critical connections. They list risks, issues, and decisions separately—without showing how they relate to each other over time.
That changes today.
With our new RAID Relationships feature, RAIDLOG.com transforms your RAID log from a flat list into a living knowledge system. Now, you can see the full history of decisions, track the chain of events that led to a change request, and surface hidden insights that improve future decision-making.
Let’s explore how RAID Relationships can change the way you manage projects, make decisions, and prepare for the future.
What Are RAID Relationships?
RAID Relationships allow you to link different RAID log items together, revealing how events unfold in a project. Instead of isolated risks and issues, you can now trace the entire lifecycle of project challenges and decisions.
For example:
- A risk turns into an issue
- That issue requires a decision
- The decision results in a change request
- The change request creates a new risk or a lesson learned
These connections provide crucial context. Instead of asking, “Why did we make this decision?” you can see the full story behind it.
Use Cases: How RAID Relationships Help Project Managers and PMOs
Understanding the Full Story Behind Decisions
Imagine reviewing a past decision and realizing there’s no record of what led to it. Was it based on a risk assessment? A compliance issue? A stakeholder demand?
With RAID Relationships, you’ll never lose that knowledge. Every decision is connected to the risks, issues, and dependencies that led up to it, so you can quickly see the reasoning behind key project choices.
Managing Change with Clarity
Change requests don’t appear out of nowhere—they’re often the result of a series of challenges. But without RAID Relationships, it’s hard to tell whether a change was a reactive fix or a proactive improvement.
By linking change requests back to their root causes, you can:
✔ Identify recurring patterns in project changes
✔ Improve change impact assessments
✔ Prevent avoidable risks in future projects
Avoiding the Same Mistakes (and Repeating Successes!)
Project teams often face the same challenges over and over because they lack a systematic way to learn from past projects.
By connecting risks, issues, and lessons learned, RAID Relationships help you:
✔ Spot trends in project challenges
✔ Apply past insights to current projects
✔ Build a smarter, more resilient organization
The Big Picture: AI-Powered Insights & Smarter Decision-Making
This isn’t just about organizing your RAID log—it’s about unlocking project intelligence.
With RAID Relationships, we’re building the foundation for AI-driven decision-making in RAIDLOG.com. By analyzing how risks turn into issues, how decisions impact projects, and how lessons learned improve future work,
our AI will help:
✔ Identify early warning signs before issues escalate
✔ Recommend proactive actions based on past trends
✔ Surface valuable lessons learned so teams don’t repeat mistakes
This is more than just logging RAID items—it’s about building project knowledge that actively helps you make better decisions.
Try RAID Relationships Today
We built RAID Relationships because project managers and PMO leaders deserve better tools. No other RAID log solution does this—and that gives you an advantage.
✔ See the full lifecycle of your RAID items
✔ Understand the story behind every decision
✔ Use AI-powered insights to improve future projects
Don’t let project knowledge get lost in spreadsheets. Start connecting the dots today.
Try RAIDLOG.com and experience RAID Relationships for yourself.
