- [Manu] Hello, and welcome to this video series
on the Power BI Adoption Framework, which is about
empowering every decision maker.
I'm Manu.
- [Paul] And I'm Paul.
- [Manu] In this video, we'll talk through the key roles
that should be involved in developing a Power BI
adoption strategy for your organization.
The most influential role for driving a data-driven culture
is that of a corporate sponsor.
If the leaders of the organization are committed
to empowering people in the organization with data
and are ready to invest in this program,
then it's an excellent starting position
because it means that you can straight away focus
on what and how rather than having to convince people
about the why.
Corporate sponsors can also help with providing funding
for the program, user training, and Power BI licenses.
They can help in identifying the business areas,
which will deliver maximum value to the organization
by being data-driven and also have an authority
to prioritize and approve projects.
A Power BI champion is someone who has very
deep understanding of self-service BI.
This could be someone from Microsoft,
a Microsoft partner firm, or someone from within
the customer organization.
It would be ideal if they have a very good understanding
of Power BI as well.
Although, if they are willing enough
and have the right resources,
they can develop that knowledge along the way.
They are the evangelists who inspire people
to become data-driven and then help the organization
or the team on their journey towards
a data-driven culture.
They typically work closely with the corporate sponsor
to strategically deploy Power BI across the organization
or their team.
Data is almost certainly the most valuable asset
and differentiator that organizations have
in today's digital world.
So, it is extremely important to ensure that the data
is secured in the best possible way
and data policy enforcement is in place to make sure
that data is used in accordance with the internal
and external compliance regulations.
Data or information security managers play a huge role
in defining the organizational policies around data
residence, auditing, and security.
Most organizations either have someone in that exact role
or have someone who's responsible for this area,
and they play a very vital role
in a self-service BI environment.
The data architect is responsible
for technical implementation of the business requirements
while ensuring that the governance and security requirements
of the organization are met.
Given that the Power BI service is hosted in the cloud,
they should have an understanding of on-premises
and cloud technologies.
This role is typically performed by a technical consultant
who could be from Microsoft or a partner organization.
However, some organizations do have these skills in-house.
The key characteristic of the data steward role
is their business understanding of the data.
They help improve the quality of the data,
accurately define data fields and metrics,
maintain business metadata in a data catalog
and mash up data from various sources to surface
new augmented views of existing data.
Depending on the size of the organization,
you may or may not have people in this role.
Some organizations have a reporting team
that develops data models and reports for various teams,
including the execs.
In other organizations, business analysts play a part
of this role because they have a very good understanding
of the business data and act as the interface
between business users and the technical teams.
- [Paul] Traditionally, BI development teams
developed end-to-end BI solutions.
In a self-service environment, they can be enablers
for the business by provisioning high-quality data
for self-service consumption.
They can also develop new corporate BI solutions,
enhance existing solutions, and automate
the release management process for corporate BI.
Power BI administrator is a new role or responsibility.
The Power BI service has a lot of
administration capabilities, like tenant-level settings,
usage reporting, etc.
And this capability is being enhanced with new releases
of Power BI.
The intention is to make this a one-stop shop
for all Power BI administration requirements.
The administrator will play a major role
at the time of setup by working with various teams
on assessing the suitability of the tenant settings
to their organization's needs.
The admin will need to work with the Office 365
and Azure admins as some of the Power BI capabilities
like auditing are available via the Office 365 admin center,
and some of the Azure Active Directory configuration
may need involvement from the Azure admin.
They are also responsible for monitoring the service
and managing on-premises gateways.
Power BI requires a service delivery manager to help
with the support of the tool,
and their support team will work with
Power BI administrators and Microsoft support teams
to monitor and resolve any issues within the service,
within specified SLAs.
They provide day-to-day support for users; for example,
granting access to apps that deliver corporate BI
or creating new connections on Power BI gateways.
They can also act as part-time development resources
and help with minor enhancements of corporate
and IT-managed BI solutions
and also manage the release of code changes
into production work spaces.
Business support specialist is another new role
that's extremely valuable in self-service environments
and can be outsourced to a partner firm.
The intention is to have advanced technical support
available for business users when they get stuck
while writing a complex calculation
or creating visualizations.
This team can also develop reusable templates
for business users to accelerate their journey
of developing Power BI solutions.
Now that we've taken you through the different roles,
it's important to assign people in your organization
to fulfill them.
This may be one or more individuals,
and their responsibility is to attend
the appropriate workshops and have an input into process
or configuration decisions relevant to their role.
We've included a link to the slides
used in this presentation in the description below.
Thanks for listening, and if you have any feedback
or questions, please leave a comment.
See you in the next one.