Part 1: Business Analytics Concepts
The role of business analytics in achieving organizational strategy and goals through improved decision-making
Basic architecture of Business Analytics tools and systems
Best practices and methodologies for implementing and maintaining Business Analytics systems, processes and capabilities
BI and CPM vendor marketplace, including primary BI solutions available from vendors such as SAP, IBM, Oracle, SAS, Microsoft, etc. including Business Analytics tools for specific industries or functional areas, small and medium-sized businesses
How to identify and capture business analytics requirements based on management decision challenges
How to convert organization’s data resources into insights and actionable information
Design effective visual presentation of analysis results
Part 2: Model Building Concepts
Basic principles of data analytics and data analytics lifecycle
Framing business problem as a business analytics problem
Data collection and data conditioning techniques
Data analysis, model planning and model building techniques
Evaluating, presenting and communicating analysis results
Operationalizing data models
