December 5, 2024 · 9 min read

The Practical Checklist for Shipping Your Semantic Layer

You do not need a 40-page PRD. Start with contracts, naming, and a YAML smoke test.

#migration#dbt#workflow

### Scope the migration in three sprints

1. Inventory workbook fields 2. Map them to semantic models 3. Add guardrails to CI

### Where teams stall

- No shared glossary - Missing owners - YAML without tests

Follow the checklist and unblock your first release in under two weeks.