Data Storytelling Methodology - Power BI: 5-Day Workshop

As the volume of data continues to grow, it is important to make it meaningful by developing reporting solutions that communicate insights. Through the data storytelling methodology, Adatis is offering organisations the ability to create engaging Power BI reports which track KPIs that are directly linked to business goals and objectives, helping to enhance and accelerate the decision-making process.

Challenges

Many organisations need guidance on how best to understand the businesses reporting requirements and how to ask the right questions to uncover the true purpose of a report. Only asking “What do you want?” and “How do you want it to look?” often leads to Power BI reports that:

• Have no true purpose
• Are not linked to any objectives
• Don’t promote actions
• Have low usage/adoption
• Do not contain or explain the right KPIs
• Send people on ‘fishing trips’ through endless analysis

The Data Storytelling methodology ensures that the right questions and processes are used to prevent all the common challenges. It promotes discussion by asking specific questions that are tailored towards ensuring successful report delivery that is closely linked to business objectives.

Our Approach

The Data Storytelling Methodology engagement has three key phases:

Derive Story Through interactive workshops, we facilitate and promote discussion to derive the information that helps answer where we are trying to go (purpose), where are we now (KPIs), how did we get there (cause) and what can we do (action).

Design Report Create wireframes that showcase the look and feel of the reporting solution. It offers the audience an opportunity to review the solution and identify anything critical that may have been missed.

Build Power BI Report Here we bring the solution to life by developing the reporting solution. We incorporate all the relevant information gathered through the previous phases and ensure what is presented to the audience is easy to read.

Deliverables

• Storyboard template that outlines the story of the proposed solution
• Set of wireframes that showcase the look and feel of each report page
• Set of reports that map back to the wireframes and the story

Benefits

Through the Adatis Data Storytelling Methodology, your Power BI reports will have:

• A true purpose that is clear to all users
• KPIs that are linked to key business objectives
• An easy to understand layout and narrative
• Visualisations that are aesthetically pleasing, engaging, and insightful
• High usage and adoption across the organisation