This month, we’ve been highlighting how Power BI can support project management. One of its greatest features is the ability to create interactive visualizations options and dashboards, including:
· Gantt Charts: Show project timelines, tasks, and dependencies.
· Tables and Matrices: Display detailed task lists, milestones, and data summaries.
· Pie Charts and Bar Charts: Represent task distribution, resource allocation, or status breakdowns.
· KPI Cards: Display key project metrics like completion percentage, budget variance, etc.
· Maps: Show project locations, regional distribution, etc.
· Line Charts: Display trends in project progress, resource utilization, etc.
Power BI Service’s robust capabilities also include the ability to parse project data and display it in:
Dashboards:
For larger projects or more complex data, Project Managers can create multiple pages within the same Power BI report. Each page can focus on a specific aspect of project management, such as overall project overview, resource allocation, budget tracking, etc.
Publish to Power BI Service:
Dashboards in Power BI Desktop can be published to Power BI Service. This enables sharing, collaboration, and access across multiple devices.
Share and Collaborate:
Project Managers can share the dashboard with relevant stakeholders, team members, and collaborators. Set up appropriate access and permissions to control who can view and interact with the dashboard.
Regular Updates:
Since project data changes frequently, Project Managers can establish scheduled data refreshes to keep the dashboard up to date with the latest information.
Feedback and Iteration:
Feedback from users and stakeholders is essential to project success. Elicit and use this feedback to iterate and improve the dashboard over time, adding new visualizations or refining existing ones.
Next week, we’ll publish tips on how to visualize project data more effectively using Power BI.