This Mastering Business Intelligence course is suitable for:

• Business Intelligence Analysts and Business Data Analysts who are looking for better ways to understand and visualise data and make data prediction.
• Professionals who need to work with and understand data within the context of their organisation
• Business professionals who work with Data Analysts and would like further clarity on data analytics concepts
• New Business Intelligence Analysts and Business Data Analysts who attended the Data Analytics & Business Intelligence course and would like to further progress their learning.

In this Mastering Business Intelligence course you will learn:

• Identifying and researching Business Intelligence problems
• Transaction Processing
• Data Warehouse
• Data Visualisation
• Business Intelligence Tools
• Interpreting and reporting results
• Using Business Intelligence to influence organisational strategies and decision making

Module 1 – Overview

• The Road to Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
• Transaction Processing, Data Warehousing, Data Analytics and Business Intelligence.

Module 2 – Organisational Needs for Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

• Information and Data needs within an organisation
• The role of the data warehouse

Module 3 – Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Building Blocks

• Components of the data warehouse
• Features of a data warehouse – Data, Information and Knowledge
• Source data, data staging, data storage, information delivery, metadata, data management and control

Module 4 – Trends in Data Warehouse

• Visualisation of information – text, numerical arrays, spreadsheets, charts, graphs, etc.
• Visualisation of data – structured and unstructured, documents, images, audio and video.

Module 5 – Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Tools

• Using Tableau, Power BI and SAS
• Data Visualisation and reporting

Module 6 – Defining Business Intelligence Requirements

• Understanding the business dimensions
• Gathering business requirements

Module 7 – Planning Business Intelligence Solutions

• Business case and solution planning
• Development phases in developing Business Intelligence solutions

Module 8 – Using Business Intelligence to Influence Organisational Strategies

• Evaluation Business Intelligence solutions
• Critical Success Factors in implementing Business Intelligence solutions

Module 9 – Matching Users with Data

• Understanding users and BI tools
• Dashboards and scorecards

Module 10 – Understanding Management and Business Perspectives

• Understanding the organisation’s long-term needs
• Managing data asset of the organisation

Related courses to Mastering Business Intelligence:

• Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
• Data Analysis & Modelling

Or see all our courses for Data Analytics.