You must be wondering what has art of listening got to do with a Business Intelligence project. Trust me, once you read this section, you will appreciate why this is such a crucial part in a consultant's day to day routine.
In the earlier chapters, we had a look at how a consultant in the life cycle of a project has to work with several stake-holders. He/She has to often deal with people with different profiles. These profiles could be technical, functional, or business.
We have often noticed that more often than not, BI developers are more comfortable talking to technical stake holders. Though this is understandable in the initial phases, for him/her to be a wannabe consultant, they need to come out of this comfort zone. The comfort zone arises due to the very fact that developer always considers himself/herself as a technical person and is at ease discussing...