Project control
Risk and Issue Control
Turn uncertainty and problems into owned actions and escalation choices.
What this helps you do
Make the weekly control conversation specific enough to change outcomes.
Use this when
- Setting up RAID
- Preparing status reports
- Managing recovery
What good looks like
- Every item has an owner
- Top risks connect to actions
- Issues and decisions are not hidden
Minimum viable version
- Combined RAID log
- Weekly review
- Escalation rule
Stronger version
- Scored risk register
- Linked decision log
- Trend view
Step-by-step
- Capture clearly
- Assign owner
- Define response
- Set due date
- Escalate when tolerance is threatened
Inputs needed
- Team check-ins
- Supplier updates
- Milestone forecast
Outputs produced
- RAID log
- Exception report
- Decision log entries
Common mistakes
- Writing vague risk statements
- Letting old items linger without decisions
Tailoring notes
- Combined log for Lite
- Separate registers and risk scoring for Enhanced
Related templates
raid-log, risk-register, issue-log
Related tools
Weekly Control Room, Recovery Triage
PRINCE2 mapping
Maps to the risk, issue, change, and progress practices.