🟡 Assumptions — what we are taking on faith

Things the plan depends on being true that nobody has actually confirmed.

This is the quadrant teams skip, and it is the one that causes the nastiest surprises. Every schedule contains assumptions. Writing them down is what turns "we thought someone had checked" into a named owner and a date.

Use the Validated status once an assumption is confirmed. If it turns out to be false, close it and raise the consequence as a Risk or an Issue — see A-01 below for a worked example.