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Approach

Power BI implementation in four clear steps

With our step-by-step plan for Power BI implementation, we guide your organization from start to finish. We know what organizations need to improve and grow. With an integrated approach and BI expertise, we make strategies practically applicable, thereby driving your organization towards sustainable, data-driven growth by way of your own, independent BI team.

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The four steps

Terms like data warehouse and KPI are explained in our glossary.

Step 1

Analysis

We analyze your organization from an operational perspective, identifying goals, requirements, and KPIs while mapping out your IT architecture. This results in a clear strategy and concrete action plan, enabling you to take a targeted approach.

Step 2

Foundation

Together with your team, we create a solid foundation for Business Intelligence. We improve data quality, optimize data integration, and develop customized data models, dashboards, and reports. This forms the basis for data-driven insights and growth.

Step 3

Team growth

We train your employees and help you build a skilled, self-sufficient BI team. A team that works in a focused, results-driven way and empowers your organization to grow with data independently, without relying on external support.

Step 4

Optimization

Your own expert BI team will take charge, guaranteeing data quality, building automated data flows, uncovering new insights, and optimizing processes. And don’t worry: we’re always on hand to support, brainstorm, and push for ambitious goals, keeping your team sharp, focused, and fully aligned on its goals.

Backup

Always ready to provide support

As your Power BI implementation partner, our specialists, training, software, and tools are always within reach, ready to help you keep growing. No matter the bottlenecks or future challenges, you can count on us.

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Training and education

We teach you the skills, so you stay in control

We train your employees in Power BI for analysis, process optimization and reporting. We also provide support in compiling and translating reports and dashboards. This approach helps build a skilled BI team that can function independently.

Our tools

To build a strong BI foundation, we use integrated tools as Power BI, Azure, Power Automate and similar solutions.

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Power BI

For powerful data visualization and in-depth analysis

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Azure

A cloud platform for data storage, infrastructure and application hosting

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Power Automate

Automates processes and workflows that involve data

Specialists

The right expert at the right time

At Optilise, we work with both specialists and generalists to ensure your company continues to grow. No matter whether it concerns data, strategy, implementation or training, we offer the right expertise at the right time.

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Business consultants

Our business consultants are the link between IT and business. They translate the organizational goals and KPIs into real BI solutions, convert insights into practical improvements that help your organization move forward.

Data engineers at Optilise

Data engineers

Our data engineers make sure your data is reliable, well-structured, and ready for use. We build and maintain data warehouses, organize information, and ensure data is accessible, so your organization can make informed, data-driven decisions.

BI developers at Optilise

BI developers

Our BI developers make data easy to understand for your team. They develop dashboards, reports and visualizations that help make insights clearer. Together with your team, we can ensure that the data you possess is practical and accessible for everyone.

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Project leaders

Our project leaders manage and oversee the implementation of BI. They arrange the planning and ensure that everything runs smoothly while guiding you through the process step by step. This way, the implementation will be clear for all and geared towards results.

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Data scientists

Our Data Scientists take it one step further, spotting patterns, predicting what’s next, and turning data into foresight. Helping your organization make smart, strategic moves based on reliable data.

Curious who takes this on for your organization? Meet the team.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

On price, timelines and what we need from you, with no hedging.

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Will we depend on Optilise once the project ends?

No. We hand the environment over to your own people in full: you own the data, the data model and the dashboards, and your team is trained to adjust and extend them. We stay available when you want us, not because you are stuck with us.

What does a Power BI dashboard cost?

A simple dashboard costs between €1,500 and €4,000, an average dashboard combining several data sources between €4,000 and €10,000, and bespoke or enterprise solutions start at €10,000. Price is driven mainly by the number of data sources, the state of your data and the number of KPIs. One conversation tells you where your situation sits.

How long does a BI project take?

Your first working dashboard is usually live within one to two weeks; a full project runs to a few months. We work in short sprints, so you are not waiting months for a final result. You see and steer it from the first weeks onward.

Do you work on a fixed price or time and materials?

Either works: a fixed price for a clearly scoped assignment, or time and materials when the scope is still moving. We agree the model up front and put it in writing, so the invoice never surprises you.

Does our data need to be in order first?

No, and waiting for that is the most common mistake we see. In almost every project we start with data that is incomplete or messy; cleaning happens along the way, driven by the questions you actually want answered. That way you see results in weeks instead of tidying up for months first.

What do you need from us to start?

Three things: access to the systems holding your data, one point of contact inside your organisation, and clarity on the questions you want answered. That is all. You need no ready-made data warehouse and no in-house BI specialist to begin.

Do you want to grow with data?

Curious about what we can do for you? We are happy to show you how data can help your organization grow.

Tom Frohn, Optilise
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