Blogs & Insights
Insights on project delivery, decisions, blockers, and keeping stakeholders aligned.
Why Good Projects Fail Despite Having Great Plans
Some projects fail because the plan was weak. The harder failures happen to sensible plans — assumptions drift, dependencies weaken and decisions arrive late while the report still says green. Why project control, not planning, decides delivery.
Read full articleProject Management: Who Should Own the RAID Log?
If every project slips along the lifecycle, you may need stronger and more defined RAID ownership to ensure full accountability and visibility across risks, assumptions, issues and decisions.
Read full articleWeekly RAID Reviews: The Habit That Keeps Projects on Track
Do you review your RAID log every week to ensure dependencies are known, assumptions are recorded, and risks are continually managed? Learn why weekly RAID reviews are so powerful.
Read full articleRAID Log Management: Transforming Passive Administration Into Active Delivery Control
Active RAID log management is the continuous process of reviewing, updating, and progressing project Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies to protect project outcomes.
Read full articleThe Reason RAID Logs Stop Being Useful
RAID Logs are designed to track Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies — but most become static records rather than active delivery tools. Here's why, and what to do about it.
Read full articleProject Decision Tracking: How Project Delivery Teams Lose Decisions
It's common for project delivery teams to forget what was decided, by who, and when, if decision logging is separated from the project documentation itself. Here's how to fix that.
Read full articleWhat Is a Project Decision Log — And Why Do Most Teams Hate Them?
A project decision log's purpose is simple: give the delivery team, PMO, and steering committee a single source of truth so that settled debates stay settled. Their use however is hated by many teams. We'll explain how to make them useful again.
Read full articleBest Practices for Managing Project Risks, Blockers, and Decisions
High-performing delivery teams manage risks, blockers, and decisions as a single interconnected ecosystem rather than three separate logs. Here's how treating them as related variables protects delivery timelines and prevents critical dependencies from slipping through the cracks.
Read full articleProject Decision Logs and How to Track Project Pivots
Decision amnesia is the silent killer of fast-moving startup projects: two weeks after an informal pivot, teams are still building toward old requirements and nobody remembers who approved the change. A lightweight project decision register captures alignment, preserves context, and protects launch dates from undocumented scope creep.
Read full articleRAID Log vs Risk Register: Which One Should Project Teams Actually Use?
Practical playbook for Delivery Leads to stop risks and blockers from derailing deadlines. Concrete frameworks, routines, escalation templates, metrics, and a ready-to-use checklist you can apply this week.
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