A practical designer checklist

Before handing a Power BI page to development, ask:

User and business

• What question does this page answer?
• Who uses it?
• What action or decision follows?
• What is most important?

Data

• Are the measures available?
• Are the dimensions available?
• Is the hierarchy possible?
• Is the comparison logic agreed?
• Is the required time granularity available?

Power BI

• Which native visual implements each element?
• Are the interactions native?
• Is custom behavior really necessary?
• Can the visual be styled as designed, and does the theme control it?
• Is performance likely to be acceptable?

UX

• Is the primary answer obvious?
• Are filters understandable and is selected state visible?
• Are interactions discoverable and navigation predictable?
• Is context preserved during drillthrough?
• Is the page unnecessarily dense?
• Would a table communicate something more clearly than a chart?

Accessibility

• Is color the only cue?
• Is contrast sufficient?
• Is the reading/tab order logical?
• Are visual titles meaningful?
• Is important information visible without relying only on a tooltip?