# Build a RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies)

Captures and tracks the risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies on a project.

- Topic: Projects & Operations
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Analyze, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/build-a-raid-log-risks-assumptions-issues-dependencies

## Prompt

```text
Role: Act as a project manager compiling and structuring a RAID log.

Context: Project context: [PROJECT_CONTEXT]. Raw notes / status inputs mentioning risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies: [NOTES]. Scoring scale for risk (likelihood x impact): [RISK_SCALE]. Escalation thresholds: [ESCALATION]. Review cadence: [CADENCE].

Task: Produce: a categorised RAID log - Risks (description, cause, likelihood, impact, score, response strategy, owner, next action, date); Assumptions (statement, validity, what happens if false, owner); Issues (description, impact now, severity, owner, action, target date); Dependencies (what, on whom, needed-by date, status, owner). Then the items breaching escalation thresholds and a proposed agenda for the next RAID review.

Format: Four tables (Risks / Assumptions / Issues / Dependencies) + escalations + review agenda.

Verification: Do not invent items not implied by the notes; flag notes that are too vague to log and need clarification. Apply the risk scale consistently.

Validation: Check the log against the project's biggest known threat: is it captured with a real response and owner, or buried? Elevate it if so.
```

## What to fill in

- PROJECT_CONTEXT
- NOTES
- RISK_SCALE
- ESCALATION
- CADENCE

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