Power BI consultancy that leaves your team independent
Got a Power BI problem training won't fix?
Training is great when all your team needs is understanding. Sometimes a team needs more than that: the reporting is already running, people rely on it, and it has become hard to change safely.
That's what my consultancy is for. I work with your team on your own Power BI: how the data gets in, the models, the reports and how they reach the people who use them. I explain as I go, in your words rather than mine. The aim is a team that understands what was built and can change it, not one that relies on yet another contractor.
Not sure whether your problem is too small, or too big, for me to take on? Bring that to a free 30-minute call.
- Usually a fixed price of £5,000 to £15,000, ex VAT
- You get me, working with your team
- Built so your team can run it without me afterwards
- It starts with a free 30-minute call
The work I take on
Ideally, the work is done with you, not for you.
- Thinking through your reporting as a whole. We look at what it's for, what it takes to run it and which skills your team needs. Then we agree what to do first.
- Owning the Power BI you've already got. It all rests on one person, or your experienced Power BI person has already left, or the reports have limped on for years and nobody is quite sure how they work. Or two reports disagree, and you can't tell which to trust. I go through the reports and models with you, find where the risks are and help your team take charge of the reporting.
- Building or moving something, together. That might be a new model or report your team can't build yet, or moving your reporting into Power BI. Either way, your team knows how it works before they rely on it. If you're moving to Microsoft Fabric (the wider data platform that Power BI is part of), I coach your team through its own migration. I don't do the Fabric migration work myself.
- Getting started with AI agents. I coach your team to use them on the Power BI you've got. More on that below.
"This has moved us on leaps and bounds… information just at our fingertips."
If you'd rather I simply built it for you, I can. Even then, I'll leave your team able to change it without calling me.
Just need your team to understand Power BI? That's what the courses are for. Want 1 to 3 people to learn on your own work? That's what Power BI coaching is for.
Case studiesAI agents on your own Power BI
If your team wants to start using AI agents, we start from what you already have: your licences, tools, skills and setup. We work out what to hand to an agent, what to keep it away from, and how your team checks what it changed. Your team learns to use agents themselves, so you get work you can check, not new risks or a mess to clear up later.
Book a free 30-minute callEssay: We're all middle management nowHow the work runs
The free call.
We talk through what's going on. Sometimes that's enough: I can point you to what to do next, or tell you if it isn't something I can help with.
A price for the whole job.
Every job is different, so I quote case by case, usually as a fixed price. Getting to know your Power BI properly is part of the work, so there's nothing separate to pay for first.
The work, with your team.
They do as much of it as they can, with me alongside. We work to the deadlines you actually have.
Handover.
Your team finishes knowing what we did and why, how to change it and what will happen when they do. You keep our notes and the session recordings, so there's something to fall back on. If you'd rather not be recorded, just say.
After the work
The whole point is that you don't need me.
I'll teach your team the tool; I won't teach them to wait for me.
Some teams still want someone to call on. If you do, we shape the support to fit the work we've done, for example:
- Retained support for your team.
- Strategic advice as your reporting changes.
- Regular office hours, such as a monthly call in a fixed window, where your team brings whatever has come up.
It's priced on request.
Who does the work
I'm Alan Harman-Box. The person you talk to on the free call is the person who does the work. I've spent about five years working with organisations as they adopt Power BI and Fabric, and about a decade in software delivery before that. I also write and teach the burningsuit courses, so explaining Power BI as we go is what I do anyway. Since 2022 I've done Power BI consultancy for 15 organisations, from a single scoping session to work that has run for more than three years.
More about meHow to start
Tell me what's happening with your Power BI, and we'll work out what would help.
Prefer to write?
A few lines on where you are and what you need is plenty.
Or email alan@burningsuit.co.uk.