This document discusses using Power BI to visualize project data and measure project success. It provides an overview of Power BI and its key components, including Power BI Desktop for data modeling, Power BI.com for sharing reports and dashboards, and mobile apps for interactive reporting on the go. The document demonstrates how Power BI can help project managers better understand project status, risks, and performance through data visualization. It highlights a Project Online content pack that surfaces key planning and execution metrics in Power BI reports to support decision making for projects, portfolios, and resources.

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
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