Data Chaos? These 5 BI Pitfalls Could Be Holding Your Organization Back
In the world of capital program delivery, data should be your organization’s greatest asset. But too often, it becomes a burden instead—spread across spreadsheets, siloed systems, and a growing mountain of reports that don’t actually help you make decisions.
At HKA-Tech, we’ve worked with capital project teams across the country and have seen firsthand how data chaos sneaks in. If any of these sound familiar, it might be time to rethink your reporting strategy:
1. No Strategy = No Clarity
Many teams are buried under reports from PMWeb, Excel, SSRS, Power BI, and more—but don’t have a clear data strategy. The result? Reports are redundant, confusing, or simply ignored. Without a plan, your reporting ecosystem works against you, not for you.
2. Executives and Staff Don’t Have the Visibility They Need
Even with dozens of dashboards, many leaders still feel like they’re in the dark. If your reports aren’t surfacing the right metrics at the right time—or if they require hours of digging and exporting—they’re not doing their job.
3. Wasted Time Fixing and Reworking Data
The average analyst spends 50% of their time fixing data issues. We’ve seen organizations wasting hundreds of staff hours per year trying to reconcile conflicting numbers or rework exports in Excel. That’s time that should be spent driving action.
4. Missed Opportunities for Automation
If your reporting process still requires pulling data manually, emailing PDFs, or reformatting reports every week, you’re missing out. Modern BI platforms like Power BI can automate dashboards, enable self-service analytics, and provide real-time insight—if you’re ready to use them effectively.
5. You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
Perhaps the most dangerous problem is invisible: you don’t realize your reports are incomplete or misaligned. We’ve worked with teams who didn’t know critical data was being left out—or that their teams were making decisions based on outdated numbers.
👀 Sound Familiar? We Can Help.
If you’re seeing these issues in your organization, you’re not alone. In fact:
68% of enterprise data goes unused
The average company loses $15M/year due to poor data quality
60% of organizations say their reporting is inadequate
But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
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We’re offering a free 1-hour Reporting & Data Strategy Assessment to help you:
✅ Identify quick-win opportunities
✅ Pinpoint report gaps and duplications
✅ Evaluate your readiness for dashboarding and Power BI
✅ Walk away with a tailored roadmap for action
Whether you’re a PMWeb user buried in reports, a capital program leader unsure of your ROI, or a team trying to scale your BI tools—we’re here to help.
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