Business Data: From Requirements to Insights
44mIntermediate2022-09-21
Authors

Christina Charenkova
Business Consultant, Online Instructor, Coach, and Educator
Course details
It doesn’t matter what you do for work, what your role is, or where you are in the world. There’s more data at your fingertips today than ever before—and all you need to do is harness it to gather key insights. In this course, business consultant and instructor Christina Charenkova walks you through the role of data in business decision-making and requirements elicitation to ensure you’re posing the right kinds of analytic questions to deliver demonstrable, data-driven results.
Explore strategic approaches to data analytics that support a transformational agenda, improve business agility, and manage risk at your organization. Along the way, Christina shows you how to develop a best practice data culture in the workplace by establishing a common data lexicon. By the end of this course, you'll also be ready to use business data to tell a story and have meaningful conversations based on real data which become part of the organizational fabric.
Explore strategic approaches to data analytics that support a transformational agenda, improve business agility, and manage risk at your organization. Along the way, Christina shows you how to develop a best practice data culture in the workplace by establishing a common data lexicon. By the end of this course, you'll also be ready to use business data to tell a story and have meaningful conversations based on real data which become part of the organizational fabric.
Skills covered
Business AnalysisProject ManagementBusiness Analysis and StrategyDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - The role of data in business decisions
1. Business Rules and Capabilities
- 02 - The business analyst's role in shaping true data sources
- 03 - Focus on business rules underpinned by business data
- 04 - Develop your data literacy and digital dexterity
2. Unlocking Business Value from Data
- 05 - The right data and the right stakeholders
- 06 - Integrate and benchmark business data
- 07 - Leverage business intelligence and business analytics
3. Turning Requirements Into Insights
- 08 - The outcome-driven approach
- 09 - Distributed responsibility for faster data insights
- 10 - Data visualization for your audience's audience
Conclusion
- 11 - Build and establish a data culture