Business Intelligence

TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE 1. Definition of Business Intelligence 2. Information Collection and Analysis 3. The Use and Purposes of Business Intelligence 4. Strategic Decision-Making TEACHING UNIT 2. BUSINESS MODELING 1. Definition of a Business Model 2. Effects of Changes in the Business Model on Results 3. Importance of Optimal Business Model Design 4. Key Performance Indicators LEARNING UNIT 3. DATA MODELS 1. Usefulness of the Entity-Relationship Model 2. Star Schemas 3. «Snowflake» Schemas 4. Introduction to granularity TEACHING UNIT 4. COMPONENTS OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE 1. Components of business intelligence 2. Information Sources 3. The Process of Extracting, Transforming, and Cleaning Data (ETL) 4. Essential Tools for Business Intelligence 5. OLAP Tools LEARNING UNIT 5. BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PROJECTS 1. The Need for Planning Business Intelligence Projects Within the Organization 2. Project Objectives 3. Assessment of Resources and Timelines 4. Phases of Project Planning 5. Key Factors for Project Success or Failure LEARNING UNIT 6. SELECTION OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS 1. Staff Training and Involvement 2. Informal Process for Selecting Tools and Vendors 3. Formal Process for Selecting Vendors 4. Business Intelligence Products and Vendors TEACHING UNIT 7. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS 1. Phases of Business Intelligence Project Implementation Analysis 2. Project and Company Description 3. Project Initiation Phase 4. Project planning: objectives, scope, and risks 5. Data model design 6. Project execution 7. Project completion and evaluation 8. Feedback and self-learning TEACHING UNIT 8. NEW TRENDS 1. Quality and Presentation of Information Generated by BI 2. Outsourcing the Business Intelligence Process 3. The Productivity Paradox 4. Adoption of a Single Solution 5. New Trends in Business Intelligence Tools TEACHING UNIT 9. BIG DATA AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) 1. What Is Big Data? 2. The Era of Massive Amounts of Information: The History of Big Data 3. The Importance of Storing and Extracting Information 4. Rules for Big Data 5. Business-Focused Big Data 6. Open Data 7. IoT (Internet of Things) TEACHING UNIT 10. INTRODUCTORY ASPECTS OF CLOUD COMPUTING 1. Origins of Cloud Computing 2. What Is Cloud Computing 3. Characteristics of Cloud Computing 4. The Cloud and Business 5. Basic Cloud Models TEACHING UNIT 11. FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT 1. Introduction to Business Processes 2. Systematic Structure of the Organization 3. Concept of Systems and Operations 4. Functional Organizational Structures 5. The Cross-Functional Nature of Operations 6. Limitations of the Organizational Chart 7. Horizontal Organization 8. Processes and Types 9. Information Technology in Processes 10. Processes in New Organizational Structures 11. Process Standardization LESSON UNIT 12. BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT 1. The Concept of Business Process Management (BPM) 2. BPM Business Initiatives 3. The Objectives of BPM 4. Applications for Developing BPM TEACHING UNIT 13. BPM METHODOLOGY 1. Introduction to the Process Lifecycle with BPM 2. Business Process Modeling and Analysis 3. Business Process Simulation 4. The BPM Execution Environment 5. Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) 6. Key Factors for a BPM Project TEACHING UNIT 14. BPM TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS 1. Definition of a Business Process Management System (BPMS) 2. Evaluation Criteria for BPM Solutions 3. Practical BPM Exercise LESSON 15. BUSINESS PROCESS INTELLIGENCE (BPI) 1. Fundamentals of Business Intelligence 2. Business Process Intelligence 3. Process Mining