When this is the right call
These are the sentences that usually precede the enquiry:
- Hundreds of dashboards exist and a handful get opened.
- Executives ask for a number that already exists in three places.
- Every report needs a verbal explanation before it can be read.
- Reporting requests queue behind each other because each one is bespoke.
What is different afterwards
- A small set of reports mapped to real decisions and real owners.
- Metrics that come from the modelled layer, so they cannot silently diverge.
- Self-service that works, because the underlying models are readable.
- A retirement process, so the estate stops growing without limit.
What you receive
- Reporting inventory with usage data and a keep, merge or retire decision on each item.
- Core dashboards rebuilt on governed metrics, with definitions visible in the report.
- Self-service datasets designed for the questions people actually ask.
- Ownership and review model: who maintains what, and when it is re-examined.
How it runs
- Audit the estateWhat exists, who opens it, and what it costs to keep. Usage data settles most arguments about which reports matter.
- Map decisions to reportsEach retained report is tied to a decision and an owner. Reports that fail this test are candidates for retirement.
- Rebuild on governed metricsReports point at the modelled layer rather than at bespoke SQL, so definitions stay consistent.
- Design for self-serviceDatasets shaped for the questions the business repeats, so routine questions stop becoming tickets.
- Set the maintenance rulesOwnership, review cadence and a retirement path, agreed before handover.
Who this suits
- Teams whose dashboard count has outgrown their ability to maintain it.
- Companies where leadership does not trust the reporting they are shown.
- Data teams spending most of their week on ad hoc report requests.
Engagement: Project, or a retainer where reporting demand is continuous.