Practical BI & Data platform assessment

Find the weak signals before they become expensive.

BI Rescue gives BI and Data professionals a structured way to screen platform health, expose critical weaknesses and decide what deserves attention first — without starting with a six-month audit.

25 controls · 9 domains · ~15 minutes · Excel-based · Free
Macro-free
Excel desktop / Mac
No certification claims
Practical screening
Assessment Overview
HIGH RISK
Adjusted Risk72
Critical Signals8
Controls100
Governance
Architecture
Data quality
Operations
Security

BI platforms rarely fail all at once.

They accumulate weak signals. The value is not in producing another dashboard — it is in identifying which signals matter before they become operational, financial or governance problems.

KPI

Conflicting definitions

Different teams defend different numbers because ownership, semantic rules or source-of-truth decisions are unclear.

ETL

Fragile pipelines

Incremental loads cannot be replayed safely, reconciliation is weak, or one failure can silently corrupt downstream reporting.

DB

Performance drift

Batch windows, queries and refreshes keep growing because there is no baseline, workload history or prioritised tuning strategy.

DQ

Invisible data quality

Freshness, completeness and critical data elements are not monitored where they create the most business risk.

OPS

Operational dependency

The platform works because a few people know how to keep it alive — not because the operating model is resilient.

SEC

Governance gaps

Access, secrets, version control, documentation and environment separation are treated as secondary concerns until something breaks.

Start small. Go deeper only where needed.

The free Health Check answers where might my BI platform be weak? Professional answers what exactly is wrong, what should I fix first, and why?

BI Rescue Professional

Full assessment

€59 single payment

Turn weak signals into evidence, risk, priorities and a defensible remediation sequence.

  • ~100 structured controls
  • Evidence & ownership
  • Adjusted risk, effort & dependencies
  • Top 10 prioritised actions
  • Executive Report & Risk Matrix
  • 30/60/90-day remediation roadmap
Open BI Rescue Professional →
Founding Edition: €20 launch discount applied at checkout while available.
FREEWhere might the platform be weak?
PROFESSIONALWhat is wrong, what should we fix first, and what should the next 90 days look like?
From diagnosis to action

A score is not a remediation strategy.

Professional is designed to move beyond a generic maturity score. It combines evidence, ownership, risk, effort and dependencies so that teams can defend why one action comes before another.

The objective is not to make every control perfect. It is to reduce the exposures that matter most and sequence the work realistically.

30 DAYS
Stabilize & containCritical exposures, quick wins and immediate operating risk.
60 DAYS
Strengthen & improveProcess, architecture, quality, ownership and repeatability.
90 DAYS
Optimize & scaleIndustrialisation, resilience, governance and sustainable improvement.

Frequently asked questions

Is BI Rescue a certification or regulatory audit?

No. BI Rescue is an independent professional assessment framework. It is intended for practical screening, prioritisation and remediation planning — not formal certification or regulatory attestation.

Which BI technologies does it support?

The controls are deliberately technology-agnostic. They cover governance, architecture, data modeling, ETL/ELT, performance, data quality, security, operations, ownership and dependency risks rather than one vendor stack.

What is the difference between Health Check and Professional?

The Health Check is a rapid 25-control screening tool. Professional expands the assessment to roughly 100 controls and adds evidence, ownership, adjusted risk, effort, dependencies, prioritised actions, an Executive Report, a Risk Matrix and a 30/60/90-day roadmap.

How is BI Rescue Professional delivered?

After a verified Lemon Squeezy purchase, the customer accesses a secure claim page using the purchase email and order number. A personalised workbook is then generated for that order.

Does the Health Check prescribe fixes?

No. That is intentional. The Health Check is designed to expose where material weakness may exist. Professional is the product for evidence-based prioritisation and a structured remediation plan.

Start with the signal, not the noise.

Run the free Health Check first. If it exposes something worth investigating, go deeper with BI Rescue Professional.