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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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issue management

/ˈɪʃ.uː ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/ - n.

1 [colloq.] Moving a problem from a person's worry to a system's backlog, where it is now safe.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The disciplined intake, triage, ownership, and resolution of data problems against tracked service levels.

Evidence
See also
  • escalation pathA documented route to the person who will say it isn't their decision either.
  • issue logA spreadsheet sorted by date opened, scrolled to the bottom only during audits.
  • remediation planA plan to fix the finding, due the week after the auditor's next visit.