I have found having the PowerBI skill is an absolute requirement. I look for the ability for the BI developer to have a conversation with a business owner about business requirements. The scale and speed of the implementation is a key factor in considering a role for a PM.
I am finding success with an approach I have not tried before:
- BI Lead defines priority with the business
- Collaborates with business leader/ business analyst to get access to repeatable datasets
- BI Lead develops a proof of concept quickly (does all necessary data transformations with power query) for review and comment by business owners
- After several iterations the BI Report Architecture is approved
- Data Analyst then sets up process for data staging and dataflows all with an eye on absolute minimum rework by BI developer…
I use the analogy of having your home or a building designed… The Architect listens and draws multiple versions and after many iterations of change, the final agreement is made and the project moves to engineering to design the building. Engineering does not start work until the architecture is agreed.
I’m on a mission to eliminate rework in this development process 