Power BI Adoption Framework

Empower every decision maker

Key Roles
 Gary – Corporate Sponsor
“I am responsible for the strategic direction of the
Persona quote organisation and am keen to enable self-service BI in
order to empower each and every individual”

Ability to influence organisational strategy around the use

Role requirements/skills of BI tools

Responsibilities Tool assessment

Prioritisation of business areas

Project approval and sign-off

 Nick – Power BI Champion

Persona quote “I help teams in adopting self-service BI”

Subject matter experts (SMEs) who are also Excel/BI savvy

Role requirements/skills and develop full understanding of the capabilities of
Power BI

Responsibilities
Help evangelize the vision of a data driven culture
Strategically deploy Power BI across the organization or
team
 Gale - Data/Information Security Manager
“I ensure that we follow all security compliance policies,
Persona quote our data is always stored securely and accessible”

Knowledge of IT Service management, auditing, security

Role requirements/skills Data Classification

Responsibilities Data Residence

Auditing

Data Policy enforcement

 Alex – Data Architect
“I design a technical architecture based on the business
Persona quote requirements”

Role requirements/skills Knowledge of on premises and cloud data technologies

Responsibilities
Matching business requirements with technical capabilities
Developing an architecture that meets the security and
governance standards of the organisation
 Yash – Data Steward
"I create and maintain business metadata and rules, assess
Persona quote and enhance data quality, and share and collaborate
across business and technical stakeholders“

Role requirements/skills Data modelling, mashups and provisioning

Create and maintain business Metadata

Responsibilities
Enhance data quality

Maintain the Data Catalogue, and the Data Dictionary

 Matt – BI Developer
“I develop BI solutions and enable data sources for self-
Persona quote service BI”

Full understanding of the capabilities of the Microsoft BI

Role requirements/skills platform

Responsibilities Make new data sources available for self-service

Develop new IT delivered solutions

Enhance existing solutions

Release management process

 Spence - Power BI Administrator
“I make sure that the services configured correctly and
Persona quote ensure that the services are appropriately monitored”

Role requirements/skills Knowledge of IT Service management, authentication

Initial set up
Responsibilities Coordination with the O365/Azure admins

License assignment

Set up for monitoring of the service

Gateway management
 Sarah – Service Delivery Manager

Persona quote “I ensure smooth running of all Power BI solutions”

Service and gateway monitoring and configuration, Power

Role requirements/skills BI Development, release management

Service status monitoring and issue resolution

Responsibilities Grant access to Power BI app workspaces

Gateway support

Minor enhancements

Release management of code changes

 Andy – Business Support Specialist

Persona quote “I help business users in developing Power BI solutions”

Role requirements/skills Power BI Development

Responsibilities Support business users with complex modelling scenarios

Help with data visualisations including custom visuals and

R visuals

Create reusable templates for business users

Who is fulfilling the following roles?
 Corporate Sponsor
 Power BI Champion
 Data / Information Security Manager
 Data Architect
 Data Steward
 BI Developer
 Power BI Administrator
 BAU Support Specialist
 Business Support Specialist