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Issue

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈɪʃuː/nounCore term

In project management, issue means: A problem that is already happening and affects the project, so someone needs to take action to solve it.

In Turkish: sorun, problem, mesele

How it is used

Used in status meetings, issue logs and reports. You raise, log, track, resolve or escalate an issue. It sounds more neutral and professional than “problem”, which is why it is so common in reports.

Example sentences

  1. We have an issue with the test environment: it's been down since yesterday morning.

  2. If the issue isn't resolved by Wednesday, I'll escalate it to the steering committee.

Common collocations

  • raise an issue
  • resolve an issue
  • issue log
  • open issues
  • escalate an issue
  • riskAn uncertain event that has not happened yet but could affect the project's time, cost, quality or scope if it does.
  • escalateTo pass a problem, risk or decision to someone with more authority because it cannot be solved at the current level.
  • blockerSomething that completely stops a person or team from continuing their work until it is removed, such as a missing approval, access or decision.
  • RAID logA single document or table where a project tracks its Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, each with an owner and a status.
  • workaroundA temporary way of getting the work done despite a problem, without actually fixing the cause of the problem.

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