Business Intelligence (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Course available (latest) from 8am first day of the semester

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Research assignment
Work and study
Guest lectures

Intro

Business Intelligence is a MUST in todays competetive busoiness. Learn basics and good practise in two leading BI self-service tools Power BI Desktop amd Tableau Desktop. You are introduced to the basic concepts in BI like ETL. TRhe cousre stresses the understanding of business value , maturity and agile approach to development lifecycles.

Materials

Agile Analythics – A Value-Driven Approach to Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing: Ken Collier, Addison-Wesley 2012: Ken Collier, Addison-Wesley 2012 ISBN 978-0-321-50481-4
o E-book: Business Analytics for Managers : Taking Business Intelligence Beyond Reporting: Laursen Gert &Thorlund Jesper, Wiley 2010.
o Business Intelligence Applied: Michael S. Gendron, John Wiley & sons 2013 ISBN 978-1-118-42308-0
o Other books as available in Moodle platform
Provided articles, resources, links and other material in the E-learning environment
Microsoft Business Intelligence samples and material. Qlikview tutorials and sample material

Teaching methods and instruction

Updated 21.11.2018 - valid for 3002 forward:
Link to current/updated implementation plan:
https://haagahelia-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/h00503_haaga-helia_fi/BI002/EbPuyEa9zkhOjx8PHxV_oN0Bs_KeSmpccl8iQsPriQ9bNw?e=z6YoN1
Link to course outline in Coggle
https://coggle.it/diagram/W2193WAjnmzg1BG6/t/-/bc057cdf4ecc583922617291fc1f832a56f17d6b4441fb2c546be12e8b47f050
Link to new course setup 5cr + 5cr
https://coggle.it/diagram/W2_tKgdQOU5Sflhn/t/-/34dbf328bcd956741c6a6ad3aabf30843032ebb1f443caffd42ce6aba4303db6
Please note that this is draft information and will not be updated - the official implementation plan is available in Moodle
This basic course will be implemented as follows:
o The course is available from the first week of the semester
o Late Enrolments are not accepted after Monday on the first week of semester
o The course is setup as an e-learning course, but has also the possibility to support in class on some weeks - check Moodle
o This is a 8 week course with the possibility to finish the course on the 9th week (intensive week)
o NOTE! There will be a deadline for when the different modules need to be done and marked as complete. Please check-out Moodle for details.
Course wrap-up:
This is the renewed business intelligence course - 5 cr. It is now setup as a non-stop e-learning approach with the possibility for support in class.
The - predecessor - original course developed in 2013 has now been split up in 5cr + 5cr instead of the old 6 cr. The 2 courses build on a Business Intelligence Framework, stressing the importance of creating business value, valuing the strategy alignment, imposing the importance of BI-maturity understanding and suggests the need for a more agile approach to BI-development life cycles. Upon successful completion of the courses, the student understands the importance of Business Intelligence in today’s competitive business environment. Due to extensive use of top class BI-tools, hands on labs, tutorials and a practical business case the student will also gain skills in using market leading BI tools for BI-development as well as for analyzing business information and data.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No exam

Completion alternatives

Contact sessions are available - check Moodle

Learning assignments

Link to course outline in Coggle
https://coggle.it/diagram/W2193WAjnmzg1BG6/t/-/bc057cdf4ecc583922617291fc1f832a56f17d6b4441fb2c546be12e8b47f050
Link to new course setup 5cr + 5cr
https://coggle.it/diagram/W2_tKgdQOU5Sflhn/t/-/34dbf328bcd956741c6a6ad3aabf30843032ebb1f443caffd42ce6aba4303db6

Assessment methods

Assessment procedure and setup
The course grade is defined by the amount of course points achieved:
>=90 p = Grade 5 >=80 p = Grade 4 >=70 p = Grade 3 >=60 p = Grade 2 >=50 p = Grade 1 >=40 p = Grade 1 possible with some extra successful deliveries – contact teacher <40 p = Fail
If max points exceeds 100p more than marginally , a percentage will be calculated and used