Term · General Industry
Red flag
An explicit signal raised by an engineer or manager that something is off track or unsafe to proceed with, intended to force attention before it becomes a slip.
Often formalised as a red status in a programme dashboard.
- Also known as
- Going red, Red status
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- General Industry, Programme jargon
Notes
A culture where people are punished for raising red flags reliably produces programmes that are green until the week they fail.
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