Here is a Project Log Sheet Template that can help any team effectively manage project issues and correspondence with clients. However, it is really important to understand how this Log Sheet works.
If you are an owner of a business or company where many you have employed many workers, it’s not unusual thing for you to hear about a new issue in the company every day. The thing is that when many people work together either separately or in a group, it’s not uncommon if they have issues within the group or the entire department. It may be about another employee or some of the company’s policies. The best thing in such kind of situation is to investigate the whole problem and resolve it as soon as possible. It’s not a healthy thing to ask your employees or juniors to work while they are having problems or dissatisfaction with their job or work environment. Also when a company deals with a number of clients or competes with other businesses in the market, it’s a common thing to have some problems or issues with that company. For example, if you are working on a project and as a project manager you have already prepared a risk log, you will meet some problems or issues that you didn’t think of. So what to do in that kind of situation?
If such a thing happens, you should prepare an issue log. An issue log is a documented process of keeping a record of every issue or problem you had on the way to the finish line and the related stuff like who was working on it, or who gave the best solution and at what time you successfully resolved it. This way when the same kind of issue comes up in the future, you will be certain to ask the right person or to take the steps that are meant to be taken. By keeping an issue log, a company or business saves time problem resolving or coming up with a new solution every time there is a problem.
If such a thing happens, you should prepare an issue log. An issue log is a documented process of keeping a record of every issue or problem you had on the way to the finish line and the related stuff like who was working on it, or who gave the best solution and at what time you successfully resolved it. This way when the same kind of issue comes up in the future, you will be certain to ask the right person or to take the steps that are meant to be taken. By keeping an issue log, a company or business saves time problem resolving or coming up with a new solution every time there is a problem.
Here is a preview of this Log Sheet Template,
How to use this Log Sheet Template?
To use this log sheet template, first, you need to download it from the link below. Open the word template into your favorite (preferably the latest) version of MS Word. Read the instructions already present there. Following the golden rules to use this log sheet template effectively,
- Insert Rows Upward (latest row/message/communication should be topmost)
- Only assign Issue # once for every issue. Later just refer it back with its number and leave the Issue # column empty.
- Increase priority for long-lasting issues to emphasis.
- Input your message/details in One Cell only. Don’t overlap or merge table cells.
- Post the current date with every message posted.
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General uses of an issue log in our daily lives:
- An issue log helps the project manager to indicate the upcoming problems in the way over to the finish line.
- It helps him to give priority to issues in the manner they will come up.
- It helps the manager to tell about the impacts or affects of a particular issue on the project.
- This log helps the project workers to resolve an issue as they did the last time according to the log.
It tells the affects of taking an action against a solution that is taken to resolve an issue.