Power BI Power BI and Project Management

1. Power BI:
Measure and
visualize project
success
Fisnik Doko
Microsoft Certified Trainer

2. About me
• Fisnik Doko
• Experience – 10+ in IT Industry, 5 as MCT
• Microsoft Certified Trainer and Software Architect
• Azure, SQL Server, Power BI, Azure Machine Learning
Studio, R

3. What is visualization?
• Data visualization is a way to display data in a
picture or graphic
• It helps people process visually in order to
grasp difficult concepts and identify patterns
not yet discovered
• Its ability to work with large amounts of data,
the use of data visualization can make
complex information easier to comprehend

4. Visualization of data and & PM
• Projects, even small ones, can often be
complex
• Many variables to control, teams to lead and
budget and time constraints to manage
• Data visualization can be used as a tool to
understand conceptual and idea-
development processes
• It fosters communication with the project
team in a visual language that all can
understand

5. Visualization of data and & PM
• Supports Decision Making
• Analyzing Project Status
• Risks & Opportunities Analysis
• Communicate Effectively
• Boost Collaboration
• Improve Clarity

6. What Is Power BI?
• Power BI is the software solution, for
visualization, business intelligence and analytics
needs
• Delivers insights to enable fast, informed
decisions
• Provide advanced analytics with the familiarity of
Excel
• Create interactive reports customized for your
business

7. Power BI Components

8. Power BI Desktop
• Connect to your data, wherever it is
• Prep and model your data with ease
• Author for everyone, anywhere
• Role Level Security
• Create reports using three-step process:
1. Connect to data sources
2. Shape the data to create the model
3. Create reports to share with colleagues

9. PowerBI.com
• The Power BI Service is a web portal for
sharing reports, data, and dashboards
• Automate your data refresh with one click
• Consume and share multiple workbooks in a
single view
• Natural Language Query

10. Power BI Report Server
• On-premises enterprise reporting solution
• Combines the functionality of SSRS with
Power BI
• Cloud-ready for tomorrow
• Power BI Report Server is part of Power BI
Premium

11. Power BI Mobile app
• The Power BI app is available for phones and
tablets running iOS, Android, or Windows 10
• View and interact with dashboards from any
location
• Dashboards automatically fit to the screen size
• Power BI Pro users can create content packs
with dashboards designed for mobile devices
• Background refresh
• Set data alerts and get real-time notifications

12. Project Online Content Pack
• 13 visually rich report pages
• Designed to support the management needs of
project managers, portfolio managers and
resource managers
– retrieve planning and execution data from
Project Online
– arranging the data to support decision
making
• Includes reports in three key perspectives:
– Individual Projects
– Portfolio of projects and
– the organization’s resources

13. Power BI Content Pack for
Microsoft Project Online

14. Power BI – JIRA, Asana, Azure DevOps

15. Forecasting in Power BI
• Forecast the future of your data using built-in
predictive analytics
• Example Forecasting Project Costs with
Power BI

16. DEMO
DEMO

17. Questions

18. Fisnik Doko
Fisnik.doko@semos.com.mk
Thank You