Certified Effective Use of Business Intelligence

Certified Effective Use of Business Intelligence

Strategy, Performance, Results

Managers know that excellence in business depends on getting the right information, in the right amount, to the right people, at the right time. Information presented in a clear and simple manner to the decision makers leads to timely action. Information provided to the management of an organization must link and coordinate with the direction of the business, its strategic initiatives, measures and perspectives. The emphasis today in management is on performance reporting for decision making, not just the operational factors but enterprise wide performance factors, such as key results indicators and key performance indicators, coupled with competitive intelligence, market intelligence, and industry intelligence.

Methods and tools are evolving rapidly to the point that what was good yesterday is no longer consider best practices today. The new methods and tools include emerging management disciplines, mobile dashboards, executive tablet briefing books and 3 dimensional reports to analyze the business. Business intelligence now requires more than just rolling up data for senior managers. Business data must be delivered in a clear, concise and timely manner to solve today’s pressing business issues. If not, managers may make the wrong decisions resulting in costly and inappropriate actions. Different types of data such as videos, pictures, sensor data and many other forms are now included in the business intelligence environment.

Add to this the newer and emerging technologies such as in memory BI and analytic techniques like predictive analytics that focus on behavior and you can get a headache trying to pull it all together. Each layer of the current BI environment has techniques, technology and types of data associated with it.

All of these key elements will be covered during this hands-on three day course!

Prerequisites:

A laptop or sharing of laptops is required to work on the exercises that are part of the workshop. The techniques are based on quantitative methods and use Microsoft Excel and some tools that may require installation.

Certification Requirements

All course attendees must meet minimum testing standards including in-class exercises to receive certification (75% is the passing grade).

By attending the highly beneficial course, delegates will:

• Contrast and compare the characteristics of performance management, data science and business intelligence
• Understand the business value of Business Intelligence
• Prepare appropriate reporting requirements using a BI methodology
• Develop analytic workflows that reflect calculating correct and meaningful report values
• Demonstrate how business issues, strategy, measures and business intelligence relate to each other
• Identify the use of new sources of data like big data and social media
• Demonstrate how to simplify, consolidate the different views of an organization’s data
• Explain the meaning of the different terms and jargon used in business intelligence

Who should attend

• Business Managers
• Systems Analysts
• IT Managers
• BI Professionals
• Executives
• Analytical Specialists
• Data Analysts
• Balanced Scorecard Analysts
• Performance Analysts
• Analytical Consultants

This course is a must-attend for all individuals and organizations that are interested in developing a useful and effective Business Intelligence environment.

Meet your expert course trainer: Frank Kowalkowski

Frank Kowalkowski is President of Knowledge Consultants, Inc., a firm focusing on business performance, business/IT architecture and business analytical techniques. He has over 30 years of management and consulting experience in a wide variety of industries. He has been involved with many projects including business analysis, process management, business performance measurement, business and competitive intelligence and knowledge management.

In addition to being a keynote speaker at international conferences as well as a conference chair, he has written numerous papers and spoken at conferences on a variety of subjects. He is the author of a 1996 book on Enterprise Analysis (Prentice – Hall, ISBN 0-13-282-3365) and numerous papers.

Frank is currently working on a both a BPM book for managers and a new edition of the enterprise analysis book. He conducts frequent seminars nationally and internationally on a variety of business management and information technology topics. He is co author of a quarterly column on architecture for the website TDAN (www.tdan.com).

KCI and the FEAC Institute

KCI (Knowledge Consultants Inc) is pleased to offer its certification program through the FEAC Institute expanded certification program. FEAC has a long history of providing independent certification oversight. Their university relationships with California State University and National University provide certified professionals with additional educational opportunities.

Since opening in 2002, FEAC™ their worldwide program has graduated over 1,400 Certified Enterprise Architects (CEAs) and trained over 1,500 in several other architecture disciplines. FEAC programs feature the best thought leaders and instructors in the field of enterprise architecture, including John Zachman, the creator of the Zachman Framework™, considered the father of Enterprise Architecture and author of numerous EA publications. Now, FEAC has expanded its certification to include related business disciplines that expand and enable the architecture perspective.

Certification Value

Value to the professional

• It is a form of personal recognition and achievement
• Industry surveys suggest that certified employees enjoy higher salaries
• Provides for a degree of specialization that can increase marketability
• Transfers useful knowledge in a short time

Value to the employer

• Provides an assurance of a level of competence
• Trains in specific skills that are applicable to work
• Brings individuals and teams up to speed in a discipline rapidly
• Cost effective way of upgrading a staff
• Hands- on exercises provide skill training
• Knowledge transfer from trainers with industry and management experience

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