Use Case 05 · Government & Public Sector

Cross-Departmental Performance Reporting

Senior officials spend 2–3 days per month compiling performance data from multiple teams into board packs, spending review submissions, and KPI reports — a fragmented, manually intensive process with high data quality risk and significant senior civil servant time cost.

The Challenge

Why This Happens

Government performance data sits in multiple Power BI workspaces, SharePoint lists, Excel submissions from operational teams, and finance systems with no automatic aggregation. Each report cycle involves herding data from 8–15 separate sources — each with different formats, update frequencies, and data quality standards.

How Copilot & M365 Address This
  1. 1Excel Copilot automates aggregation from team submissionsMaster templates populated automatically from team data submissions — no manual copy-paste across workbooks.
  2. 2Power BI Copilot surfaces insights and drafts commentaryNarrative commentary sections drafted from structured data — explaining trends rather than just reporting them.
  3. 3Copilot drafts the board pack narrativeExecutive summary and board narrative generated from data inputs — ready for senior review not senior drafting.
  4. 4SharePoint maintains single version of truthVersion history preserved for audit purposes — no more confusion over which Excel version is the latest submission.

Impact & Results

Impact Metrics
2.8d→6hBoard pack preparation time
82%Data errors in published statistics reduced
3.1h/wkSenior Civil Servant admin time saved
Measured via: Document revision history analytics. Internal audit report on data accuracy. Viva Insights admin time data.

The monthly board pack used to be three days of herding cats. Now it comes together in a day and the quality of decision-making has actually improved because the data is cleaner and the narrative is more honest about what it means.

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Dr. Markus Fischer
Director General, Federal Ministry, Berlin

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