Analysis using any type of A “managed” approach Utilization of reports and data source; emphasis on wherein reporting utilizes dashboards published by data exploration and only predefined/governed IT for business users to freedom to innovate data sources consume Ownership: Ownership: Ownership: Business supports all IT: data + semantic layer IT supports all elements elements of the solution Business: reports of the solution Scope of Power BI use Scope of Power BI use Scope of Power BI use by business users: by business users: by business users: Data preparation, data Creation of reports and Execution of modeling, report creation dashboards published reports & execution Governed by: Governed by: Governed by: Business IT: data + semantic layer IT Business: reports As indicated in the previous chart, Power BI can be used in different ways which result in a fundamentally different user experience: Business-Led Self-Service BI: In this scenario, the business users have Level of the most involvement and control. Although some governed data sources Business User certainly may be utilized as part of the overall solution (which is Involvement encouraged), there very well may also be non-standard, non-governed and Control data sources involved (such as industry statistics purchased from a third party) which allow for exploration of patterns that can go well beyond the data recorded in the corporate data warehouse. The critical difference here is that the business unit takes ownership and support for this type of solution. IT-Managed Self-Service BI: In this scenario, business users utilize Power BI as a reporting layer over standardized and governed data sources. In this mode, IT produces and governs a data layer of high quality which adheres to conformed enterprise master data. At the same time, the business owns the reporting layer which may or may not adhere to the same development cycles and governance standards promoted by IT.
Analysis using any type of data source; emphasis on data exploration and freedom to innovate Ownership: Business supports all elements of the solution Scope of Power BI use by business users: Data preparation, data modeling, report creation & execution Governed by: Business A “managed” approach wherein reporting utilizes only predefined/governed data sources Ownership: IT: data + semantic layer Business: reports Scope of Power BI use by business users: Creation of reports and dashboards Governed by: IT: data + semantic layer Business: reports Utilization of reports and dashboards published by IT for business users to consume Ownership: IT supports all elements of the solution Scope of Power BI use by business users: Execution of published reports Governed by: IT As indicated in the previous chart, Power BI can be used in different ways which result in a fundamentally different user experience: Business-Led Self-Service BI: In this scenario, the business users have the most involvement and control. Although some governed data sources certainly may be utilized as part of the overall solution (which is encouraged), there very well may also be non-standard, non-governed data sources involved (such as industry statistics purchased from a third party) which allow for exploration of patterns that can go well beyond the data recorded in the corporate data warehouse. The critical difference here is that the business unit takes ownership and support for this type of solution. Level of Business User Involvement and Control IT-Managed Self-Service BI: In this scenario, business users utilize Power BI as a reporting layer over standardized and governed data sources. In this mode, IT produces and governs a data layer of high quality which adheres to conformed enterprise master data. At the same time, the business owns the reporting layer which may or may not adhere to the same development cycles and governance standards promoted by IT.