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Office and committee · OC-06

Issue Log

A free printable issue log — what has gone wrong, when, who raised it, the impact, who owns it and what was done.

First page of the Issue Log — Track the things that have already happened separately from the things that might, so today's problems do not crowd out next month's risks.
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What this sheet is for

Track the things that have already happened separately from the things that might, so today's problems do not crowd out next month's risks.

Who it is for

Project teams, site managers, facilities teams, committees and small businesses.

How to use it

  1. Raise the issue on the day, with the date and who raised it.
  2. Say what the impact is, not just what happened.
  3. Give it an owner. An unowned issue is a complaint.
  4. Record what was actually done and the date it closed.
  5. Move anything that has not happened yet to the risk register instead.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: Things that have already gone wrong — raised, owned, chased and closed, with the date each stage happened.

Issues are not risks. A risk has not happened yet; an issue has. Keeping them on separate sheets stops the register filling up with today's problems and hiding next month's.

Write-on lines: Project, team or site · Log started · Sheet

Table, 13 rows: No. · Date raised · Raised by · Issue · Impact · Owner · Action taken · Closed

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