MSM - Data Approval Management

Microsoft | 2021-2023

Collaborated with PM and Engineering on feasibility to own the design of MSM’s Data Approval Management experience, enabling users to stage and approve data before it impacts reporting while streamlining development through out-of-the-box components for a successful Public Preview launch.

Context & Challenge

  • Users needed a way to stage and approve data before it affected reporting.

  • Team faced limited time + dev resources before Public Preview.

Impact

  • Led design direction: Owned the end-to-end design for MSM’s Data Approval Management experience.

  • Enabled controlled data quality: Designed functionality allowing users to stage data in a pending state, preventing it from affecting calculations, analysis, or reporting until formally approved.

  • Contributed to launch success: Played a key role in the successful Public Preview release of Data Approval Management (Apr 2023).

  • Optimized for delivery: Streamlined scope by replacing custom components with UCI/out-of-the-box solutions, reducing development time and aligning with release deadlines.

Final Solution

Checkpoints that let users review, filter, and confirm what data enters the system. By giving users control at the entry point, it ensures transparency, prevents errors, and builds trust that reports and insights reflect their chosen data.

Activity Data Gate

Emissions Data Gate

Reference Data Gate

Filtering Data

Settings

Gate Logs

Creates an audit trail of user and system decisions at data gates, providing transparency, accountability, and trust in data integrity.