Business Intelligence MSIT 3820

Clark University COPACE Graduate Programs SWSPiZ - Lodz Spring Semester, 2013 Pawe Mielczarek MSc COURSE DESCRIPTION Businesses today are constantly changing, becoming more and more complex. Organizations, private and public, are under pressures forcing them to respond quickly to change and to be innovative in the way they operate. This drives them to be more agile and to make frequent and quick strategic, tactical, and operational decisions --- decisions that often require considerable amounts of relevant data, information and knowledge. Processing these information assets, in the framework of the needed decisions, is what business intelligence is all about. This course addresses BI solutions which deliver computerized support for managerial decision making.

METHOD OF EVALUATION Class participation Students are expected to attend each class session and be prepared to discuss reading assignment subjects and presentation software homework assignments. Active participation. 20% Exam Chapters 1 through 4 40% Completion of all assignments 40%

REQUIRED TEXT 1. Business Intelligence: A Managerial Approach, by Turban, Sharda, Delen, King, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall Publishers (ISBN 978-0-13-610066-9), 2011.

Written Assignments (Intent/Integrity/Evaluation) There are several types of written assignments in this course as described below: Homework includes Cases, critical reading of supplemental materials, and online tools exercises. There is one Personal Project, and one Team Project. Written and verbal communications skills are critical to career development and advancement and we will call on these skills throughout the course.

Students should develop a personal point of view about issues that are key to the career path you choose, whether that be business centered or technology centered. The reality is that whatever your career focus, you will need to communicate well with those like you and those whose daily efforts are quite different from yours.

COURSE CLASS SCHEDULE Class 1 Course Introduction Introduction to Syllabus/Course Introduction to BI, Competing on Analytics Workshop: MyOwnBI database Homework: 20 questions about BI needs in company. Class 2 Overview of Dimensional Model Dimensional Model (DM) Measures or facts Dimensions Dimension Hierarchy Homework: Countries -dimension hierarchy Class 3 Data Warehousing Database, Hardware ETL (Extraction, Transformation, and Loading) OLAP Facts Table Workshop: MyOwnOLAP cube Homework: data warehouse development Class 4 Business Performance Management (BPM) Review of homework Reading discussion: Technology-People Decisions Workshop: MyOwnOLAP cube

Class 5 Data Mining for BI

Process mining Text and Web Mining Mining Text for Security

Class 6 Data integrations Integration Services Databases Workshop: integration process development Class 7 BI Class 8 Implementations Review of homework BI Implementation: Integration/Emerging Trends Personal Project Presentations

Review of the material for exam Exam