Artifact: Issues List

Issues List	The Issues List provides the Project Manager with a way to record and track problems, exceptions, anomalies, or other incomplete tasks requiring attention that relate to the management of the project. In general, these are items that are not being tracked through Change Management or as tasks in the Project or Iteration Plans, although they may derive from these.
Role:	Project Manager
Purpose Brief Outline Timing Responsibility Tailoring

Input to Activities: Assess Iteration Report Status Agree Mission Identify Test Motivators Prepare for Phase Close-Out Prepare for Project Close-Out Monitor Project Status Handle Exceptions and Problems Assess and Advocate Quality Assess and Improve Test Effort Obtain Testability Commitment

Output from Activities: Prepare for Phase Close-Out Prepare for Project Close-Out Monitor Project Status Handle Exceptions and Problems Assess and Advocate Quality Assess and Improve Test Effort Obtain Testability Commitment

Purpose

The Issues List is the Project Manager's recording and tracking instrument for project management problems, exceptions, anomalies, and other management tasks that arise in the course of running a project, where these are not being tracked as part of Change Management, or as part of the Risk List, Project or Iteration Plans. The Issues List is also an input to the production of the regular Status Assessment.

Brief Outline

• A description of the issue and an indication of its importance
• Any relevant dates; for example, deadline for resolution
• Resource and schedule impact
• Related risks, changes, or defects
• Other related documents (or references to documents) or audit trail
• Possible solutions

Timing

Responsibility

Tailoring

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