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"Project Issues Log Template"

This template is designed to help you to identify and record issues that are impacting on the project. It also details who is responsible for implementing the agreed resolution. Many of these issues are related to the project team and their day-to-day progress. The log only records issues that cannot be sorted out informally.

By proactively managing issues that arise throughout the life of a project prolonged delays can be avoided, conflicts can be diffused before they become destructive and the end product will continue to meet end-user needs. This log tracks, analyzes and assigns a criticality to each issue that is drawn to the attention of the project manager.

Every project team needs a dependable way that they can highlight and discuss issues that occur during the project. An atmosphere of openness is needed in any project so that any member feels they can raise a concern that will be discussed and reviewed. The issue log enables this to occur in a structured and objective manner.

The issue log is a key document that will be referred to and used in other individual project management plans. It records the common understanding of identified problems that have happened and the process set out in this communications plan ensure that all necessary people are kept informed of how the resolution is progressing.

It forms the backbone of intelligence for a project manager along with cost forecasts, work performance reports and schedule forecasts, telling him or her how their project is performing against its objectives. It is also the document that forms the bedrock of how a project manager identifies problems of various sorts. Firstly how these are affecting the team's ability to perform as a cohesive unit. Secondly, stakeholder's interests may be affected by the issue, which could impact the level of support they give to your project as its progresses.

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