Prerequisite:   None

 

One-Day Course

Course Preview | Course Outline

You Will Learn

• The factors that contribute to maximum business value
• Six common kinds of business intelligence/data warehousing business applications
• Key elements and common applications of business analytics
• The roles of dashboards, scorecards, and analytic applications
• The relationships between business intelligence and data warehousing
• Components of the business intelligence infrastructure – people, processes, and technologies
• Best practices and common mistakes in business intelligence programs

Geared To

Anyone with a role in business intelligence programs; Data warehousing managers and leaders who are seeking to increase the value delivered from the data warehouse; Business and technical people who need to work together to implement business intelligence; Teams who need to develop a common base of concepts and terminology for business intelligence.

Description

This course is designed to promote common language, consistent definitions, shared expectations, and mutual understanding essential to strong teamwork and cohesive results in business intelligence programs. Business intelligence focuses on use of information to drive effective business actions – It is the vehicle to achieve maximum business value from both developing and mature data warehouses. This course provides a comprehensive overview of business, technical, and cultural implications of business intelligence.

The data-to-value chain describes the transition from data to value as

DATA –> INFORMATION –> KNOWLEDGE –> ACTION –> OUTCOME –> VALUE

This course focuses on those parts of the data-to-value chain that begin with information and end with value. For an introduction to the DATA –> INFORMATION portion of the chain, consider TDWI Data Warehousing Concepts and Principles: An Introduction to the Field of Data Warehousing.