IIBA Endorsed Certified Data Analyst

Business data analytics

• What is business data analytics?

• The role of the business analyst

• Business data analytics as a data-centric set of activities

• Business data analytics as a decision-making paradigm

• Business data analytics as a set of practices and technologies

Business data analytics objectives

• Types of analytics methods

• The descriptive part of data analytics

• Diagnostic analytics

• Predicting what is likely to happen

• Prescribing the future

• Business analysis and business data analytics

• Business data analytics tasks

Identifying the research questions

• Defining the business problem or opportunity

• Assessing the current state

• Defining the future state

• Formulating the research question

• Planning the business data analytics approach

Sourcing data

• Planning data collection

• Determining the data sets

• Collecting data

• Data sources

• Conducting informational interviews

• Using guided dialogue

• Validating data

Analyzing data

• Developing an analysis plan

• Preparing data

• Exploring data

• Performing data analysis

• Assessing the analytics and system approach taken

Interpreting and reporting results

• Identifying stakeholders

• Understanding stakeholders

• Planning stakeholder communication

• Determining the communication needs of stakeholders

• Deriving insights from data

• Documenting and communicating findings from the analysis

• Using results to influence business decision-making

• Recommending action

• Developing an implementation plan

• Managing change