Mountain View JourneyTEAM Power BI Sherpa

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Keep Power BI implementation costs low, while ensuring successful adoption through the Power BI Sherpa Program.

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Value & Cost Comparison: The Power BI Sherpa Program vs. a Full-service Implementation

What is the Power BI Sherpa program?

The Power BI Sherpa Program is meant to jumpstart your company’s Power BI deployment and adoption.

Discovery sessions assess your current environment, requirements, and skills
Training sessions teach Power BI basics
Coaching sessions help your company employees do their own Power BI projects
A checklist of Power BI best practices
Limit of 6 people per company

How much does the Power BI Sherpa Program cost? $13,800

How long does the Power BI Sherpa Program last? 10 weeks

What you get: Guidance on effectively setting up your Power BI environment; Power BI training in 5 key areas; and coaching sessions to help your team members apply best practices to their work.

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What is a Full-Service
Power BI Implementation?

A full-service Power BI implementation is completely tailored to your company’s needs. JourneyTEAM drives the design, build, launch, and adoption through:

Full discovery assessment to align with your business outcomes
Scope of Work with the implementation plan
Designing your environment
Migrating data as needed
Assigning governance permissions
Launching BI environment
Testing dashboards and data pipelines
Facilitating user adoption post-implementation

How much does a Full-service Power BI project cost? Projects start at ~$40K

How long does a Full-service Power BI implementation last? Completely custom to your timeline needs

What you get: Your organization has a fully functional Power BI environment with any customizations needed, as well as support to facilitate adoption post-deployment.

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Deeper Dive into the Power BI Sherpa Program

There are 4 main areas covered in a Sherpa Program:

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3. Coaching (Weekly Office Hours)

5 weeks of scheduled office hours where your Sherpa guide is available to answer questions and provide one on one guidance as your team members begin to apply what they have learned to their project work. Two hours per week over a 5-week period will be allotted for coaching time.

Coaching Sessions

I'M READY

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1. Discovery & Environmental Setup

Your Power BI Sherpa guide will meet with your team and gain understanding of your current environment:

• Business objectives

• Data sources and environment

• Team member skills and knowledge

• Reporting needs

• Security requirements

Your guide will also assist your team members in setting up the proper:

• Credentials

• Licensing

• On-premises data gateway (if required)

• Workspace

I'M READY

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2. Group Training

5 Group Training Sessions

Your Power BI Sherpa Guide will schedule four 2-hour training sessions and one 4-hour training session to teach the basics and best practices of Power BI. *Limit of 6 people per company.

Topics will include:

Overview of Power BI Desktop and the Power BI Service
Dataflow Development and Power Query Basics
Dataset Development and Fundamentals of Data Modeling
DAX Basics (Measures, Functions, Filter Context, and Time Intelligence)
Report Fundamentals (Branding, Visualizations, and Building Actionable Insights)

I'M READY

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4. Best Practices Assessment

At the end of the Sherpa project, a checklist of best practices will be presented as it applies to your environment. The checklist will include thing that were accomplished during the Sherpa project but also recommendations to consider for the future.

Project Wrap-up Meeting and Presentation of the Best Practices Assessment