BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to Business Intelligence which includes the processes, methodologies, infrastructure, and recent practices used to transform business data into useful information and support business decision-making. It also provides information technology approach to data collection and data analysis to support a variety of management tasks. Business Intelligence requires foundation knowledge in data storage and retrieval, thus this course will review logical data models for both database management systems and data warehouses. In this course, students will be able to learn analytical components and technologies used to create dashboards and scorecards, data/text/Web mining methods used to develop intelligent systems for decision support.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

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Course outcomes

1. 01 1.Explain the principles of business intelligence
2. 02 2.Explain the benefits of Business Intelligence for Organizations
3. 03 3. Describe the BI methodology and concepts and relate them to Dss
4. 04 4. Articulate modern concepts, theories, and research in the field of Business Intelligence (BI)
5. 05 5. Evaluate the requirements for development and management of Business Intelligence
6. 06 6. Apply BI enabling technologies in organizational settings.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 1. Business Intelligence and Analytics Systems for Decision Support, 10E, 2015, Person
2. 02 2. Business Intelligence: A Managerial Perspective on Analytics,3/E, Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, efraim Turban

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1.Explain the principles of business intelligence
2. L02 2.Explain the benefits of Business Intelligence for Organizations
3. L03 3. Describe the BI methodology and concepts and relate them to Dss
4. L04 4. Articulate modern concepts, theories, and research in the field of Business Intelligence (BI)
5. L05 5. Evaluate the requirements for development and management of Business Intelligence
6. L06 6. Apply BI enabling technologies in organizational settings.

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Create a user interface in a contemporary object-oriented language to allow users to access business data
2. P02 Identify and analyze user needs and take them into account in the selection, creation, integration, evaluation and administration of computing-based systems
3. P03 Analyze common business functions and identify, design, and develop appropriate information technology solutions
4. P04 Design and develop software solutions for contemporary business environments by employing appropriate problem-solving strategies
5. P05 Configure and administer database server to support contemporary business environments.
6. P06 Administer or mange a relational database for a small to medium size company
7. P07 Be able to effectively integrate IT-based solutions into the user environment
8. P08 Understand professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues and responsibilities
9. P09 Be able to apply effective communication skills consistent with the professional environment
10. P10 Be able to apply effective collaboration skills in teamwork consistent with the professional environment

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