Azure Reporting & Analytics Analysis & Design: 3-6 Week Assessment

Data architects from Eide Bailly Analytics will hold Analysis & Design sessions (remote or onsite*) with each of your departments to gather information on your specific business processes, needs, current reporting processes, existing Azure/Microsoft-cloud footprint, & data-state/situation. We find a data/analytics champion within your organization & work with them to put together written recommendations & an assessment to begin your Azure data analytics strategy including the items below. This assessment benefits a range of users from mid-market companies who may have limited-to-no analytics, to enterprise companies who need specific guidance on tools or staff augmentation/support. Our team provides this assessment & can provide further support from a full implementation & management team to simple guidance/training.

Deliverables

• Prioritized milestones
• Azure software/ETL stack recommendations (ex. Data Factory, Logic Apps, Azure SQL Database, Synapse, Snowflake, DevOps/GitHub, Power BI, etc.)
• Source-system overview (source prioritization/complexity, data size, automated extraction methods, refresh frequency, etc.)
• Team implementation recommendations (architect, data engineer, project manager, report writer, etc.)
• Phase 1 Azure Analytics implementation recommendations & estimates (hardware/software costs, implementation hours, etc.)
• Reporting plan (software, initial priority reports, users, licensing, etc.)
• Methodology & process recommendations (Kimball modeling, security, version control, dev/prod environments, etc.)

Resultant Artifacts

• Business & Technical Requirements Document (BRD)
• Initial Risk Log
• Azure Data Flow Diagrams (Current State, Overall Future, & Phase 1)
• Bus matrix (Facts/Dims for Phase 1)
• Source prioritization vs complexity matrix (Overall)
• Maturity Model Placement
• Initial Data Warehouse ERD outline (high-level)
• Phase 1 scope & estimations
• Team role recommendations
• Software stack recommendations
• PowerPoint consolidation/presentation (Deliverables above + Business interview results: Pain points, Project Timelines, Design Standards, & other client-specific useful details)

The end result is a plan from Azure experts on how to use Azure in a best-practice way to make your business data-driven whether you are just getting started with Azure & Analytics or extending what you already have.

https://www.eidebailly.com/data

*Onsite visits determined case-by-case