Data Platform: 1-Day Envisioning Workshop

Have you ever asked yourself any of the following questions:

• How do I get the ability to constantly adapt and scale to meet internal and external customer demand?
• How can I get a 360 view over my data?
• How can I aggregate data in a centralized location?
• How are we able to work with data from legacy systems?
• How can we connect into the primary customer data source?
• How do I get up-to-date information?
• How to make the shift from preventive to predictive maintenance?
• How to define the value of data?
• How to connect assets with IOT?
• Should we invest in new data platform?
• What is Power BI and Power Automate?
• How do I use Power BI to give me the insights to make business decisions?
• How do I define a business case?

This workshop is preparation for the Solution Assessment (a high-level view on Data platform design, including Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Power BI, Power Apps, and how they best integrate with your existing environment) which will provide you with a clear, actionable picture of how we can help reach your data platform ambitions.

The workshop delivers the following:

Session 1: Introduction and Background

• Facilitating Team
• Workshop objectives
• Desired outcome

Customer Current Situation

• Vision Statement or Value Hypothesis
• Existing Initiatives and Deployments Review
• Observations and Discovery
• Challenges & Opportunities

Inspiration session

• Use case Inspiration & Business understanding

Session 2: Business needs Ideation (Design Thinking)

• Review the homework submissions
• Leverage whiteboard to collate new ideas, benefits and pain points
• Concept Cards and initial use case definitions

Value needs Ideation 

• Use case visualization and value understanding

Session 3: Concept Prioritization

• Review concepts and define use case KPI’s
• Identify top priorities & define approach

Session 4: Reporting

• Aspirational timeline Data Platform Initiatives
• Next Steps, Actions and Owners