TDWI The Data Warehousing Institute

Prerequisite: None

One-Day Course

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This course is designed to promote the common language, consistent definitions, shared expectations, and mutual understanding essential to successful BI programs. BI focuses on the use of information to drive effective business actions—it is the vehicle to achieve maximum business value from DW. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the business, technical, and cultural implications of BI.

The data-to-value chain describes the transition from raw data to business value as: DATA —> INFORMATION —> KNOWLEDGE —> ACTION —> OUTCOME —> VALUE. This course focuses on those parts of the 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.

You Will Learn

• The factors that contribute to maximum business value
• Common kinds of BI business applications
• Key elements and common applications of business analytics
• The roles of dashboards, scorecards, and analytic applications
• The relationships between BI and DW
• Components of the BI infrastructure: people, processes, and technologies
• Techniques for creating sustained business value

Geared To

• Anyone with a role in BI programs; DW managers and leaders who are seeking to increase the value delivered from the DW; business and technical people who need to work together to implement BI; teams that need to develop a common base of concepts and terminology for BI