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Issue Log

Track issues, categories, severity, owners, status, evidence, follow-up, carry-forward items, and patterns.

Reusable Issues Issue Tracking

Template purpose

Use this template to track issues that need visibility, ownership, evidence, and follow-up.

Project

<Project name>

Document control

Field Value
Artifact owner <owner>
Related Stage <ES-### or cross-cutting>
Status <draft / active / reviewed / accepted>
Last updated <YYYY-MM-DD>
Project workspace target docs/project-workspace/shared/issue_log.md

Issue register

ID Issue Category Severity Owner Status Evidence Follow-Up
ISSUE-001 <issue> <category> <low / medium / high / critical> <owner> <open / closed / deferred / accepted> <evidence> <follow-up>

Open issues

Issue Impact Next Action
<issue> <impact> <action>

Closed issues

Issue Resolution Evidence
<issue> <resolution> <evidence>

Issues carried forward

Issue Carry Forward To Reason
<issue> <ES-### / backlog / governance> <reason>

Issue patterns

Pattern Evidence Action
<pattern> <evidence> <action>

Review checklist

  • [ ] Issues have IDs.
  • [ ] Category, severity, owner, and status are assigned.
  • [ ] Evidence is linked.
  • [ ] Open issues have next actions.
  • [ ] Carried-forward issues have route and reason.

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