risk-and-issues-manager-scott-margetts
Risk and Issues Manager
Purpose
Maintain a structured RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions) for legal matters and extract structured data from unstructured correspondence. This skill operates in two modes: RAID log maintenance (creating, updating, and managing the log) and decision extraction (identifying decisions, risks, assumptions, and scope-relevant information buried in email chains and meeting notes).
The decision extraction mode is the highest-value function. Decisions get made in email constantly — "let's leave Germany out for now," "we'll use the existing holdco," "client says they don't need a valuation" — and they're never formally recorded. Six months later when scope is disputed, budget is blown, or a workstream is stuck, nobody can find the email where the decision was made. This skill catches those decisions at the point they're made and logs them with the metadata needed to make them useful later.
Operating modes
Mode 1: RAID log maintenance
Create, update, and manage the four components of the RAID log. This is the ongoing discipline — the log is a living document that's reviewed regularly and updated as the matter progresses.