RAID Log

RAID stands for Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies. A RAID log collects all four in a single register so a program’s uncertainties are visible and owned, rather than scattered across inboxes and status decks.

• Risks are things that might happen and would hurt if they did.
• Assumptions are things taken to be true that, if wrong, change the plan.
• Issues are problems that have already occurred and need action.
• Dependencies are work that relies on, or is relied on by, something else.

Kept current, a RAID log is one of the simplest early warning tools in delivery.