Business Intelligence Rollout RAID Log
This is a practical guide to building a raid log for a business intelligence rollout project — a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, adapted to the realities of deploying BI dashboards and self-service analytics.
What a RAID Log is
A raid log is a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies. For the full concept and how it works in general, see RAID Log. On a business intelligence rollout project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Business Intelligence Rollout project
Business Intelligence Rollout projects live or die on deploying BI dashboards and self-service analytics. A well-built raid log gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how business intelligence rollout projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Risks
- Assumptions
- Issues
- Dependencies
- Owners and status
Business Intelligence Rollout-specific considerations
Tailor the raid log to the risks that most often derail business intelligence rollout projects:
- Data trust and quality
- Dashboard sprawl
- User adoption
Example
On a real business intelligence rollout project, the raid log would be shaped by deploying BI dashboards and self-service analytics. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — data trust and quality, dashboard sprawl, user adoption — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.