FAQ

Bottom line, we’re fanatical about helping our clients Thrive Through Data™. Our company is organized to help your business to become data-driven. The business intelligence tools we build are actionable, well-adopted, and focused on practical business outcomes. We follow a deliberate set of best practices when developing and deploying Data Warehouse and Reporting tools. Best of all, we have a fantastic team of experts—and we'll earn your trust in everything we do.

Not as long as you’d think. Typically, in the initial phase, we work in short sprints to focus on one functional area of your business, and develop your tools within 4-6 weeks.

First, we conduct a root-cause analysis that targets understanding of your business objectives and desired outcomes. Next, based on the ability of data in your environment, we develop a set of report requirements and wireframes designed to prompt optimal results. Then, we create a production-grade data environment and reporting ecosystem. Finally, we review, iterate, deploy, and train your users to maximize the experience with their new dashboard tools.

Blue Margin data engineers are experts at Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Cloud Services, and Power BI technologies. These are the preferred tools we use because they deliver wide integration, ready accessibility, and resource compatibility regardless of a client’s data sources. Still, we find that it’s not so much which toolset you use, but more about the root-cause approach and driving the outcome-focused buildout of the solution that matters most. Our BMI-exclusive, industry-proven processes are the best tools we bring to the job.

Our clients own all aspects of their data and reporting tools. Blue Margin designs, develops and deploys all solutions for you, and all those solutions are 100% live on your own Power BI and Azure tenant at any time. Additionally, we’re committed to transparency in the consultant/client relationship, meaning we don’t hold your team hostage to our solution or application. Our promise to you: No vendor locks or black boxes. Ever.

Ours is an hourly billing structure, billed in 6-minute increments, with a rate for standard engineers and senior engineers. During the initial “prove it” phase, we develop a project scope that builds stand-alone value that is structured to scale. Typically, standard projects range between $25 - $35K.

Absolutely! In fact, that’s one of things our clients like best about us—we’re always available to help by phone, web-conference, or in person. Additionally, we provide support contracts that allow us to handle break-fix and maintain your systems over time.

Yes! With any engagement, we can train your team members to leverage the PBI service, as well as how to operate, review, and implement the dashboards into their daily work routines. Additionally, we offer complete knowledge transfer to your in-house technical and data analyst teams so they’re able to become self-sufficient in maintaining and growing your original application.