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# The RAID log

Risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies in one tab, and a dashboard of what needs attention across the workspace.

RAID stands for **risks**, **assumptions**, **issues** and **dependencies**: what might go wrong, what the plan takes for granted, what is going wrong now, and what waits on what. Portavi keeps all four for every project and programme, alongside the decisions taken about them.

* [Risks](/portavi-docs/governance/risks.md): what might go wrong, scored by impact and likelihood
* [Assumptions](/portavi-docs/governance/assumptions.md): what the plan relies on without proof, and when to check it
* [Issues](/portavi-docs/governance/issues.md): what is going wrong now, and when it should be fixed
* [Dependencies](/portavi-docs/governance/dependencies.md): what waits on what, and which links are slipping

## The RAID tab

Projects, programmes and portfolios each have a **RAID** tab. It shows one register at a time, with a toggle to switch between them:

| Register         | Project   | Programme | Portfolio |
| ---------------- | --------- | --------- | --------- |
| **Risks**        | Yes       | Yes       |           |
| **Assumptions**  | Yes       | Yes       |           |
| **Issues**       | Yes       | Yes       |           |
| **Dependencies** | Read-only | Yes       | Yes       |
| **Decisions**    | Yes       | Yes       | Yes       |

**Decisions** lists the decisions recorded on that project, programme or portfolio, newest first. They are recorded where they are made, in a review or when a risk occurs; see the [decisions log](/portavi-docs/governance/decisions-log.md).

When a register needs attention, a dot appears on the RAID tab and on that register's toggle:

* an **issue** is due: open or in progress with its target date today or past
* an **assumption** is due a check: unvalidated with its check-by date today or past
* a **dependency** is slipping

{% hint style="info" %}
Executives don't see Risks, Assumptions or Issues on a project's or programme's page. They read all of them on **Governance**, across the whole workspace.
{% endhint %}

## The RAID dashboard

The top of the **Governance** page summarises the RAID log for the whole workspace. It stays in place whichever tab you are on.

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### Four tiles

Each tile shows the one number that needs action, with the register's totals beneath it:

| Tile             | The number                                                                                                       |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Risks**        | Open risks scoring **6 or more** out of 9 (high exposure)                                                        |
| **Assumptions**  | Assumptions due a check. The line beneath also flags any that proved invalid and have not raised a risk or issue |
| **Issues**       | Issues due, with how many are critical and how many are open                                                     |
| **Dependencies** | Dependencies slipping                                                                                            |

A zero is green; anything else is amber or red. Selecting a tile opens that register's tab.

### Needs attention

One list across the four registers, worst first: overdue issues, slipping dependencies, assumption checks due, invalid assumptions that have raised nothing, then high-exposure risks. It shows four at a time; **Show more** lists the rest. Selecting a row opens the item's preview, read-only, as everything on Governance is.

### Hotspots

The five projects or programmes carrying the most of what needs attention, with a count per register (R, A, I, D; hover a letter for its name). A risk or issue escalated from a project counts against that project, where it is worked; a slipping dependency counts against both of its ends. Selecting a row opens that project's or programme's RAID tab.

The dashboard is the same for PMO managers and executives.