Business Intelligence Governance & Center of Excellence(CoE)

Elevating Data-Driven Decision-Making with Strategy, Structure, and Scalability

At AIM Technologies, our Business Intelligence (BI) Governance and Center of Excellence(CoE) services are designed to unlock the full potential of enterprise data by bringing clarity, consistency, and coordination to every aspect of your analytics ecosystem. From defining a strategic BI vision to operationalizing platforms, processes, and policies, we empower organizations to make faster, smarter, and more accountable decisions.

Our Capabilities

Data Architecture & Platform Engineering

We design and deploy modern data platforms using Microsoft Fabric, aligning with medallion architecture principles. Our solutions support batch, streaming, and real-time data ingestion—tailored for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data sources.

  • Lakehouse and Data Warehouse implementation
  • Open table format support (Delta Lake)
  • Semantic layer modeling and Direct Lake connectivity

Advanced Analytics & BI Modernization

We help organizations transition from siloed tools to a unified analytics platform that blends traditional BI with next-gen AI. From migration to optimization, our team ensures you’re ready for AI-powered insights.

  • Unified dashboards and reports with Power BI
  • Embedded Copilot for data exploration and report generation
  • Streamlined support for DirectQuery, import, and Direct Lake modes

Data Governance and Metadata Intelligence

We design robust, scalable data warehousing solutions that support high-performance analytics and data science workloads. Our models are built to be flexible, governed, and business- friendly.

  • End-to-end lineage and cataloging
  • Data access policies and RBAC
  • Integration with enterprise metadata tools

Real-Time & Event-Driven Data Processing

Our teams enable real-time analytics through Microsoft Fabric’s Real-Time Intelligence components—ideal for use cases like fraud detection, operational dashboards, and IoT

  • Event streamingestion and transformation
  • Kafka endpoint integrations
  • Near real-time dashboards and alerts

AI & Machine Learning Readiness

We make your data AI-ready by embedding semantic models, knowledge graphs, and optimized storage formats. This lays the groundwork for enterprise GenAI applications.

Capabilities include:

  • Integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure OpenAI
  • RAG (retrieval augmented generation) with enterprise data
  • Model monitoring and lineage for responsible AI

What Is BI Governance?

BI Governance is the backbone of trustworthy analytics. It ensures that the right people have access to the right data at the right time—securely and consistently. We help organizations build and enforce a structured framework around.
  • Data Ownership & Stewardship: Defining roles and responsibilities for data integrityand usage
  • Access & Security Controls: Ensuring compliance, confidentiality, and auditability
  • Data Quality & Standardization: Establishing enterprise-wide KPIs, definitions, andreporting logic
  • Metadata & Lineage Management: Tracking where data comes from and how it's transformed
  • Platform & Tool Rationalization: Consolidating BI assets across departments forunified reporting

The Power of a BI Center of Excellence

A BI CoE acts as a centralized force multiplier—standardizing best practices, accelerating innovation, and scaling insights across your enterprise. At AIM, we help you stand up or modernize your BI CoE by delivering
  • Strategy & Roadmap Planning: Aligning analytics with business goals
  • Tool & Platform Evaluation: Advising on the best-fit stack for your needs
  • Reusable Assets & Frameworks: Dashboards, data models, KPIs, and governancetemplates
  • Training & Enablement: Empowering users through self-service BI and skilldevelopment
  • Analytics Integration: Embedding insights into business processes and systems
Whether you're centralizing your BI functions or enabling decentralized, self-service analytics, our CoE model ensures continuous improvement, consistency, and operational efficiency.

Our BI Governance & CoE Capabilities

BI Governance Services

  • BI policy design and enforcement
  • Role-based access and data cataloging
  • Semantic modeling and metadata management
  • Performance tuning and optimization

CoE Enablement Services

  • BI organizational model design
  • CoE operational playbooks and charters
  • Analytics community building (e.g., power user networks)
  • KPI governance and report rationalization

Toolchain and Platform Expertise

  • Power BI governance and administration
  • Azure Synapse, ADF, and modern data warehouse integration
  • SSAS (Tabular) and OLAP modeling
  • Integration with AI/ML models for advanced insights

Business Alignment & Change Management

  • Stakeholder engagement and business case development
  • BI training programs tailored by role and maturity
  • Governance dashboards and CoE KPIs

Why AIM?

Our approach goes beyond implementation—we help organizations embed BI into the fabric ofdecision-making. By establishing repeatable, scalable, and trusted practices through Governance and CoEs, we ensure your data ecosystem supports both strategic visionand day-to-day execution.Whether you're maturing your BI environment, preparing for self-service analytics at scale, or integrating with advanced AI initiatives, AIM Technologies is your partner in building a future-ready BI organization.

Let’s build a data culture that performs.

To explore how we can help design and lead your BI Governance and CoE transformation. Whether you're starting from scratch or scaling enterprise analytics, AIM Technologies delivers expert guidance and hands-on execution every step of the way. With Power BI, we help you turn siloed data into synchronized insight—empowering every decision with confidence.

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