INFO6090
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
Business intelligence (BI) is an umbrella term that combines architectures, tools, databases, analytical tools, applications and methodologies. The major objectives of business intelligence are to enable interactive access to data and to give business managers the ability to conduct analysis and make better decisions. The course covers how to design, implement and integrate business intelligence techniques and systems into the enterprise.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Singapore NAIHE
- Trimester 3 - 2024
Online
- Trimester 3 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Describe the concepts and components of Business Intelligence and how they are relevant to an enterprise.
2. Critically evaluate the use of BI for supporting decision making in an enterprise.
3. Describe and use the technologies, applications, tools and methodologies that make up Business Intelligence.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the technological architecture that underpins BI systems in an enterprise.
5. Conceptually implement parts of a BI enterprise system.
Content
- Information value, classification of types and sources of value, and types of processing that can add value to corporate data sources.
- The nature and role of business intelligence in contributing to the delivery of business value and competitive advantage in modern enterprises.
- The relationship of the business intelligence environment, in particular data warehousing and data mining, to different enterprise contexts.
- The data integration process, data profiling, data cleansing and data enhancement, and their contribution to adding value to data.
- Data warehouse design; star schemas, redundancy, data distribution and security issues.
- Adding value to data; knowledge discovery, and data mining.
- Web-based decision support and mining technology in business intelligence.
Assumed knowledge
Basic competency in Microsoft Excel.Experience with Databases and SQL, such as in INFO6001 Database Management 1 or equivalent
Assessment items
Quiz: Examination - Class Online Quiz
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement 40% - Must obtain 40% in this assessment item to pass the course.
Written Assignment: Essay/Written Assessment
Participation: Group Tutorial Participation and Contribution
Contact hours
Trimester 3 - 2024 - Singapore NAIHE
Lecture-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- For the online version of the course, 10 hours per week is a minimum recommendation and may vary with individual student's learning style for on-line courses.
Tutorial-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Trimester 3 - 2024 - Online
Lecture-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- For the online version of the course, 10 hours per week is a minimum recommendation and may vary with individual student's learning style for on-line courses.
Tutorial-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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