Data Analytics Foundations: A Beginner’s Guide

Learn to harness the power of data analytics and understand just how much being data-led can benefit your career and your business. This course will help you discover how vital data analytics is to any organization. You will identify the key components of the data analytics ecosystem including the different types of data analytics: descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive. You’ll also learn about the different data skill sets and data hires that are needed according to an organization’s size, goals, and data maturity. No matter your level of technical expertise, you will come away from this course equipped with a step-by-step process of how to create your own data analytics and business strategy. Learn from data Identify key components of the data analytics ecosystem and understand how data connects - well, everything. Plan with data Effectively diagnose the pits and peaks of your workflows, and how to optimize them through data. Thrive through data Come away equipped with a step-by-step process of how to create and apply a data-driven business strategy. 3b:T

• Make data work for you. Understand the challenges and opportunities of an effective data analytics ecosystem in businesses of all sizes.
• Become data literate. Identify the purpose and value of the different types of data analytics, including their principles, benefits and challenges.
• Gain a competitive edge. Identify the factors involved in evaluating data analytics projects, and learn how to use data to gain competitive advantage.