Take Advantage of TDWI Education in Hamilton ON
Business Analytics Consulting Group (BACG) Canada is bringing TDWI world-class education to Hamilton, so you can save time and travel expenses by attending a course locally. TDWI courses provide actionable BI/DW training you can put to use the very next day. Whether you are embarking on a new business intelligence project or working in a mature data warehousing environment, TDWI courses focus on the skills and techniques at the heart of successful BI and DW implementations. The small class sizes and unique format of TDWI courses provide a high-impact learning experience with significant student-teacher interactivity.
TDWI Business Intelligence Executive Briefing
Tuesday Oct 6, 2015 | 8.30 am to 4.30 pm | McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton ON
When Business Intelligence (BI) is undertaken as a business initiative to enhance management and decision-making capabilities, it delivers real and substantial value. When undertaken as a technical endeavor to integrate, report, and analyze data the value is questionable. The role of executives and senior business managers in creating BI value simply can’t be overstated. This briefing gives executives essential insight into the purpose, scope, disciplines, and complexities of BI and Big Data. It provides a business-oriented, nontechnical explanation of all facets of BI and Big Data from business requirements to data management.
You will learn:
BI Essentials
- Meaningful and actionable definitions of Business Intelligence (BI)
- Effective ways to deliver BI – web, mobile, desktop, etc.
- Common kinds of BI reporting – ad hoc, published, enterprise, and operational
- Performance management principles including dashboards, scorecards, and KPIs
- Business analyst principles including OLAP, analytic modeling, and data visualization
- Advanced analytics concepts for data mining, predictive analytics, and text analytics
Big Data Fundamentals
- Common definitions of big data and the implications of each
- Key characteristics of big data and why size is not among the top five
- The structures that can be found in “unstructured” data
- Types of big data sources—streaming data, social data, sensor data, etc.
- Value opportunities and common applications for big data
- Considerations when adapting architectures, organizations, and cultures to incorporate big data
- The scope of big data processes, tools, and technologies
Geared to..
- Business executives and senior managers who sponsor BI programs
- Business executives and senior managers who need BI solutions
- BI program managers who must align BI with business priorities
- Business Owners who need an overview of BI
Pricing
- Regular Price: $1,450(CAD) + HST
- Register before Sep 15th, 2015 and save $200! ($1,250(CAD) + HST)
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About TDWI
For 20 years, TDWI has been helping data professionals get smarter so the companies they work for can innovate and grow faster.
TDWI provides individuals and teams with a comprehensive portfolio of business and technical education and research to acquire the knowledge and skills they need, when and where they need them. The in-depth, best-practices-based information TDWI offers can be quickly applied to develop world-class talent across your organization’s business and IT functions to enhance analytical, data-driven decision making and performance.
TDWI delivers the highest quality business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) education so each member of your team learns the same best practices, methodology, and strategy directly from the industry gurus.
For more information visit www.tdwi.org