Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Certificate
Upcoming Sessions:
This program is currently only being offered in a customized, company-specific format for groups of managers from the same organization. If you are interested in this program for yourself or your organization, please fill out our information request form.
Class Times: TBD
Cost: TBD
Location: TBD
This program also can be conducted in a customized format for your organization.
Loyola's Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Certificate is awarded to participants who complete the program.
For course consultation, please contact us at: 312.915.6781 or executive-ed@luc.edu.
Overview
The program will show you how to best capitalize on the use of the Data Warehouse, from novice introduction to rapid development. Designed with a proven framework and formula for success, the program allows team members of all levels of information systems experience to quickly advance in their knowledge and application of the course content. It’s the fastest path from discovery to expertise in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing (BI & DW), to advance your company’s broader, cross-functional business needs.
This week-long certificate program offers a comprehensive overview of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. The course framework successfully bridges business and IT functions and examines how data warehouses are used to successfully gather, structure, analyze, understand, and act on information stored within corporate data repositories. Emphasis will be placed both on design issues relating to Data Warehouses and on Business Intelligence techniques for extracting meaningful information. A strong focus on modeling ensures that every program participant acquires a deep and enduring understanding of the mission, nature, and components of BI & DW projects. A variety of cutting-edge tools will be used to demonstrate the design, implementation, utilization, and value of BI & DW applications.
After the program, participants will walk away with a greater sense of empowerment and understanding of how he/she can best capitalize on the use of BI & DW and leverage the learning in order to create business value for the organization.
Key Benefits
During this program, participants will:
- Learn how to drive business value through Business Intellilgence and Data Warehousing
- Learn how to extract meaningful insight from the data your organization already has
- Understand how the challenges and opportunities presented by these projects
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for IT managers, business end-users, directors and key staff who are involved with BI & DW initiatives. The program is applicable for novice BI & DW participants, to those with more substantial experience.
Program Content
Learning will be highly interactive and hands-on, emphasizing the skills and knowledge to apply to everyday business settings. Each session features exercises emphasizing the application and retention of the acquired knowledge. Each participant will learn the need for integration, cross collaboration, and synergy within the field of Data Warehousing.
- Basic Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence concepts, processes, and terminology
- Database, Data Mart, and Data Warehouse Modeling
- Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and End-User/BI Applications
- Extraction, Transformation, Load (ETL) Process
- Data Warehouse Deployment, Use, and Growth
- Other related issues, such as Data Warehouse Architecture Choices, Data Mining, Master Data Management, Data Warehouse Metadata Management, Data Governance, and Trends in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence.
Faculty
Nenad Jukic, PhD, Associate Professor at Loyola’s Graduate School of Business and Director of Graduate Certificate Program in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. Dr. Jukic conducts active research in various information technology related areas, including data warehousing/business intelligence, database management, e-business, IT strategy, and data mining. His work was published in a number of management information systems and computer science academic journals, conference publications, and books. In addition to his academic work, his engagements include providing expertise to a range of data management, data warehousing, and business intelligence initiatives for U.S. military and government agencies, as well as corporations that vary from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
