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PROJECT-MANAGEMENT4 MIN READ

RAID Checkpoints at Your Fingertips

Recall the four RAID categories and the action each category should trigger.

If it might happen and could hurt the project, what RAID category is it? Risk. Action: reduce likelihood or impact, or create a contingency. Then check whether it touches the critical path. If the plan treats something as true but it has not been proven, what is it? Assumption. Action: validate it by a date. If it fails, adapt scope, path, or timing. If the problem is already happening, what category is it? Issue. Action: resolve it with an owner, next action, and review cadence. Do not leave it in risk language. If the team needs something from another team,…

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