Business Analytics
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Business Analytics Training Classes
Return on Investment Empowered by Education
Neubrain is committed to providing you with the skills and knowledge necessary to get the most out of our IT solutions – and your investment – by attending to the specific needs of your
organization. Whether you have a few users or a large department, whether you are training system administrators, developers, or end-users, we customize our training and education sessions to meet your unique goals.
Our team of experts provides a variety of training and education to enhance your understanding of business analytics, budgeting, big data, model building, and visualization. Our training is flexible and versatile, and our teams can conduct sessions virtually, at our offices, or onsite at your facility.
“Companies are increasingly turning to analytics to gain a competitive edge. As they do, they must resolve unique demands on their information technology, their structure, their processes, and their culture. Most critical, however, is the challenge posed by analytical talent, the people at all levels who help turn data into better decisions and better business results.”
Accenture, Counting on Analytical Talent, March 2010
Business Analytics 101 (Techno-Functional)
Business Analytics 101 is a 1-day class designed to expose students to the Business Analytics concepts, practices, methodologies and technologies that major corporations are applying in order to supply decision makers with the knowledge needed to succeed. Course assignments will include readings, case studies, exposure to Business Analytics tools and data analytics projects. The course will cover:
The role of business analytics in achieving organizational strategy and goals through
improved decision-making
Basic architecture of Business Analytics tools and systems
Best practices and methodologies for implementing and maintaining Business Analytics
systems, processes and capabilities
BI and CPM vendor marketplace, including primary BI solutions available from vendors such
as SAP, IBM, Oracle, SAS, Microsoft, etc. including Business Analytics tools for specific industries or functional areas, small and medium-sized businesses
How to identify and capture business analytics requirements based on management decision
challenges
Convert organization’s data resources into insights and actionable information using a
Business Analytics software (BOARD)
Budgeting 101 (Techno-Functional)
Budgeting 101 is 1-day class designed for business, budgeting, and finance professionals who would like to enhance their knowledge of what budget, how the budgeting process works, various budgeting concepts, practices, methodologies and technologies that major corporations are applying in order to effectively manage organization performance. Class assignments include reading, case studies and exposure to the budgeting software tools:
Budgeting overview: What is budgeting? The overview of the budget process
Types of budgets
Approaches to budgeting
How to categorize expenses
Preparing an operating budget—goals and assumptions
Preparing an operating Budget—forecasting sales and revenues
Preparing an operating budget—cost of goods sold, SG&A, and operating income
Capital budgets
Sensitivity analysis (What-if scenarios)
Budgeting execution and variance tracking
Linking the budget to performance (Performance-based Budgeting)
How to leverage software tool in support of your budgeting tasks (BOARD)
Visualization 101(Techno-Functional)
Data visualization tools are becoming more popular and necessary to deal with exponential data growth, but the cost of purchasing separate solutions, and the time it takes to implement each one, makes it a great challenge. An old saying by Michelangelo says: “Man paints with his brain, not his hand.” This rings true for the creation of visual reports and dashboards. In our
experience, many projects delivered subpar results and visualization tools become shelf wear. This is primarily due to poorly designed visual analysis models and/or lack of internal skills to properly plan, manage and deliver the required capabilities.
Visualization 101 is 1-day class designed for business and technology professionals who would like to enhance their knowledge of data visualization principles, methodologies and software tools. Class assignments include reading, case studies and exposure to the visualization software tools:
What is a Business Analytics Dashboard?
Dashboard vs. Report vs. Scorecard vs. KPI
Categorizing Dashboards
Common Mistakes in Dashboard Design
Principles of Visual Perception
Goals in the Visual Design Process
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Sample Dashboard Requirements Questionnaire
Software Vendor Landscape: Who is Who in Interactive Visualization?
Model Building 101 (Techno-Functional)
Modeling Building 101 is a 1-day training course, where students learn core techniques,
methodologies and tools to build your analytical model to be able to answer your organization’s toughest questions. Class assignments include reading, case studies and exposure to the
business analytics software tools:
Basic principles of data analytics and data analytics lifecycle
Framing business problem as a business analytics problem
Data collection and data conditioning techniques
Data analysis, model planning and model building techniques
Evaluating, presenting and communicating analysis results
Operationalizing data models
Big Data (Techno-Functional)
Big Data 101 is a 1-day training course, where students learn how to leverage big data produce meaningful information and identify patterns and trends to inform insightful business decisions. For the duration of the course, students will also review a blend of technologies such as data analytics, Big Data, data mining, big data visualization, among many others.
BOARD Software Training (Techno-Functional)
BOARD Developer Training Class (5 Days)
The course is for advanced users who would like to develop knowledge of BOARD 7 application design. The first 2 days of training is for advanced users who would like to develop knowledge of Board 7 database. During the next 3 days we will cover objects you can use to build analytical capsules. In the class customers will learn how to create various analysis and reporting objects. Then learn how to link objects to data. Then you will be introduced to the concept of procedures to run calculations within Board and setup processes to automate print jobs and data loading routines. Creating data entry environments to perform data entry and simulation will be also discussed. We will also provide tips, tricks, and approaches to developing analytical capsules. DIY Workshop (Techno-Functional)
DIY Workshop is an extension to BOARD Developer Training class. It provides an opportunity to work with your real-life analysis problem, exercising concepts and techniques of analysis and BOARD software skills acquired during BOARD Developer Training to build a prototype of your business analytics application under the guidance and supervision of Neubrain’s consultants.
Methods of Training
Public Classes
Neubrain classroom training is offered in our Arlington, VA office – 1 mile from the National Airport, 3 miles for the National Mall in Washington, DC. Please contact your account manager or e-mail to inquiries@neubrain.com for the course information, availability and fees.
On-site Training Classes
Neubrain formal class training classes could also be delivered at the customer site In this case, a different price schedule applies. Neubrain custom training is typically delivered on-site during the course of the implementation, and it is tailored to the customer’s project needs.
Web-based Training
Neubrain also delivered a series of web-based training events: webinars, training sessions, Q&A sessions, real-time collaborations forums, etc.
