Benny Magnus

Due to the interactive nature of the session, participation is limited to 12 attendees. It is recommended participants have a basic technical grasp of Power BI and are comfortable doing groupwork with others. Feel free to also look at the visual agenda, available below: https://bit.ly/3B4vLPb -------------------------------------- ABSTRACT: -------------------------------------- A successful reporting project is about more than following and ticking boxes next to a requirements list. To design and launch a successful Power BI report, there must be sufficient understanding of the business users, their needs and how they use and think about the data. This is best done by co-creation - working with the users to design something that gets closer to the target. In practice, however, this is easier said than done. The objective of this session is to learn about user engagement and report design practices both from prepared content and each other. Attendees will work in groups to create and present a business case proposal and Power BI report design using sample data and user co-creation. This session will thus be an interactive, full-day workshop exploring how to engage with users and work hands-on with Power BI report design best practices. Attendees will be presented with a business case and sample data, then work in groups to engage with fictional user personas during interactive, role-played workshops. During the session, attendees will have to overcome typical reporting project challenges such as data availability, quality, unclear/changing requirements, technical or analytical challenges, etc. To overcome these challenges, attendees will have to work together and think outside the box, and engage with users to be able to design an effective report. At the end of the session, attendees will present the proposed solutions and compare to how they would have done it if they had only followed the requirements list. The format of the session will be styled similar to a tabletop roleplaying game (tRPG). Attendees will engage with a game master (GM), who will roleplay different stakeholders and users (yes there will be weird voices and accents), and narrate the events surrounding the fictional reporting project, using dice to introduce random obstacles and challenges that attendees will have to solve to succeed. PART 1: INTRODUCTION (1 H.) The first part of the session serves as an introduction for the rest of the day. We will look at the materials for the mock business case, and also experience an introduction to a helpful principle for data design and best practices. PART 2: VACUUM DESIGN PROPOSAL (0.5 H.) The second part involves some solo work. Using the requirements and provided materials for the business case, we sketch a proposed report solution from existing templates. The objective is to propose an effective design based on the information and scope provided. PART 3: CO-CREATION WORKSHOPS (5.5 H.) In user co-creation workshops, groups engage with users role-played by the organizer. The objective is to learn who the users are and what they do, in the context of the data. This is how they define the report, and together with the users, the design and functionality. PART 4: DESIGN SHOWCASE (1 H.) In the final part of the day, groups will present their designs and explain how user feedback was incorporated. We will discuss how the designs and proposals changed before vs. after engaging with users. Finally, we will recap the key take-aways from the session. -------------------------------------- IMPORTANT INFO BELOW: -------------------------------------- Are you submitting registration for this precon? If so, you can fill out this form, it will help us prepare! https://forms.office.com/r/NQm4sdRQmm