A lot depends on your exact role. A BI Analyst that is the "face" of the project with the stakeholders needs a different mix of skills than a BI Developer that makes models and creates the technical solutions that enable the visualizations to be accurate and have access to clean data. Some people might have jobs that encompass both roles, which is a whole different ball of wax. For me personally, as an Analyst in Consulting, I would say my biggest asset in terms of skills is vision. I put a lot of effort into looking down the road in a project, anticipating potential roadblocks before they detail the project, as well as keeping us on track by managing priorities to ensure we're always on target to deliver the solution we agreed to and not getting distracted and bogged down by extraneous things. Part of this is through good time management as well and providing accurate estimates to create realistic schedules, tracking that schedule to determine when we're deviating from the estimates and why, as well as identifying ways to save time without compromising quality to get us back on track. I have solid technical skills, soft skills, and business acumen that helps a ton, but the biggest differentiator between my peers and I is that I'm able to work to keep a project on track and humming along. At the end of the day, if you deliver the most beautiful dashboard conceived by man 5 years too late and 300% over budget, you've failed. If you deliver a trash pile of half finished ideas that don't flow and tell a story, or doesn't waste too much time polishing a "nice to have" feature while letting a critical item languish, then you've failed. Much of this falls under what I usually call "light project management" but should be done in conjunction with the PM or Scrum Master. The Analyst usually has the best view on what the requirements are, and so they're best positions to make decisions about what's important, what's not, and what the cost of decisions will be, whereas it's the PM's job to eliminate roadblocks, right for that realistic schedule, and get access to the resources needed to execute on closing things out. Being that fulcrum between the Business Stakeholders, Technical Developers, and Project Management is where I can deliver the most value. Answer from Doctor__Proctor on reddit.com