Programme:
Day 1: Business Intelligence: architecture of gathering of information
The Corporate Information Factory, data warehouse and determination of its architecture based on what the organisation needs, ETL, data mart, ODS, structured and unstructured data, meta data and topology. Basic principles of dimensional modeling, star and snowflake schemes.
Day 2: Business Intelligence and Corporate Strategy
During this day we will introduce Business Intelligence in relation to the strategy and result areas of the organisation. We will talk about KPI’s, the BI navigator and the BI maturity matrix and how they support the development and organisation of BI. We will discuss how to organise BI projects and how to start a Business Intelligence Competence Centre.
Day 3: Business Intelligence, architecture of analysing information and applications.
On day 3 we will first focus on the various BI analysing instruments, such as Reporting, OLAP visualisation, data mining and text minig. Various OLAP tools will be compared. We will look at User types to assess suitability of analysing instruments. Furthermore we will talk about portals, cockpits, groupware and collaboration. In a workshop we’ll discuss and work on the complete BI Cycle and its architecture.
Day 4: Business Intelligence applications
During this last day the participants will learn about the applications of Business Intelligence in Supply Chain Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Compliance and CRM.
Learning objectives
- Understanding of the business drivers for data warehousing and BI
- Understanding of the success factors of the organisation of BI
- Ability to position the various BI instruments that support the BI cycle
- Knowledge of various analytical instruments and their uses
This masterclass is aimed at anyone who is responsible for or involved in identifying, organising and making available knowledge and information that is crucial for their company.