Laboratory Setup RAID Log
This is a practical guide to building a raid log for a laboratory setup project — a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, adapted to the realities of setting up a laboratory or research facility.
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 laboratory setup project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Laboratory Setup project
Laboratory Setup projects live or die on setting up a laboratory or research facility. 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 laboratory setup projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Risks
- Assumptions
- Issues
- Dependencies
- Owners and status
Laboratory Setup-specific considerations
Tailor the raid log to the risks that most often derail laboratory setup projects:
- Equipment procurement
- Compliance and safety
- Validation
Example
On a real laboratory setup project, the raid log would be shaped by setting up a laboratory or research facility. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — equipment procurement, compliance and safety, validation — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.