Business Transformation RAID Log
This is a practical guide to building a raid log for a business transformation project — a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, adapted to the realities of reshaping how a business operates end to end.
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 transformation project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Business Transformation project
Business Transformation projects live or die on reshaping how a business operates end to end. 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 transformation projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Risks
- Assumptions
- Issues
- Dependencies
- Owners and status
Business Transformation-specific considerations
Tailor the raid log to the risks that most often derail business transformation projects:
- Change fatigue
- Scope too broad to control
- Benefits not tracked
Example
On a real business transformation project, the raid log would be shaped by reshaping how a business operates end to end. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — change fatigue, scope too broad to control, benefits not tracked — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.