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Sunday All-Day Training Session 8:30am - 5:00pm
Training #1: Visual Data Analysis - Stephen Few Most business data analysis requires skills and practices involving the use of graphs that can be easily learned, but resources that teach them are almost impossible to find. Almost all books and courses on data analysis teach sophisticated statistical and financial analysis techniques, but only about 10% of business data analysis requires them. This full-day course is for those responsible for the remaining 90%. About Stephen Few:
Stephen Few is on a mission to help organizations squeeze real value from the mounds of data that surround and threaten to bury them. Through his consultancy Perceptual Edge, Stephen teaches simple, clear, and practical data visualization techniques for analyzing and presenting quantitative information. He speaks internationally, teaches in the MBA program at the University of California in Berkeley, and writes the Visual Business Intelligence Newsletter. He is also the author of three popular books: Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data, and Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis. You can learn more about his work at www.perceptualedge.com
Training #2: 1-day Agile DW/BI workshop - Ken Collier Content based on simulated DW project Part I – Agile Project Management 1. Agile project chartering and planning 2. Writing user stories for DW/BI projects 3. Estimating effort & value 4. Creating a prioritized product backlog 5. Managing the iterations using Scrum 6. Project tracking, monitoring, and measurement Part II – Agile DW/BI Delivery 1. Evolving excellent design 2. Test automation practices 3. Version control and configuration management 4. Project automation practices Part III – Agile Adoption 1. Agile leadership behaviors 2. Creating an agile mindset 3. Change models and setting realistic expectations
- Includes small group experiential exercises
About Ken Collier: Ken Collier, Ph.D., has more than 20 years of experience in advanced computing and technology. With expertise in data warehousing, business intelligence, software engineering, and agile methods, Dr. Collier extends his experience across many industries. He is the founder and president of KWC Technologies, specializing in agile business intelligence solutions and services. He is also a member of the Cutter Consortium, and provides agile software development and business intelligence consulting and authoring services. Dr. Collier has served as the vice president of services at KSolutions, Inc., where he was responsible for business intelligence solutions and services, such as overseeing and managing multiple software development projects. Prior to that, he was the head of the business intelligence practice in KPMG Consulting's (now Bearing Point) Knowledge Management Solutions group. Before entering the private sector in 1999, Dr. Collier was a tenured associate professor of computer science engineering at Northern Arizona University, where he developed and taught graduate-level courses in database theory, data mining, and software engineering. There, he also cofounded the Center for Data Insight, a leading center of excellence in data mining and advanced analytics. Dr. Collier has been invited to present topics in data mining and BI at a variety of technical meetings and conferences. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science engineering from Arizona State University. Registration
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