Course Outline:

Module 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence Architecture

In this module, students will learn about key design principles that should be considered when scoping a BI solution, and about the components of the back end and front end of a BI solution, so that they can design and develop appropriate BI solutions for organizations.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the purpose and nature of a BI solution.
• Identify the main components of a comprehensive BI architecture.

Module 2: Overview of the Business Intelligence Project Lifecycle

This module examines the core processes and requirements to achieve a successful Business Intelligence project.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the major components of a BI project lifecycle.
• Determine requirements for a BI solution project.
• Revise and update a BI project plan.

Module 3: Introduction to Business Intelligence Development

This module describes how to plan and manage the development process for a Business Intelligence project. It discusses considerations for assembling the development team, managing the development process, testing, and deploying the solution.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify requirements and resources for implementing and managing a Business Intelligence development project.
• Manage a Business Intelligence development project.
• Determine effective data management processes.

Module 4: Designing Business Intelligence Infrastructure

This module describes how to identify infrastructure requirements for a Business Intelligence solution, and how to design an effective infrastructure to provide the required levels of scalability and availability.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Determine infrastructure requirements for a BI solution.
• Plan for scalability and availability.

Module 5: Managing Business Intelligence Operations

This module explains how to manage and operate a Business Intelligence solution.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Manage BI operations.
• Identify and plan maintenance and operations tasks for a BI solution.
• Describe considerations for planning and implementing data archiving in a BI solution.
• Describe business continuity and how it applies to BI operations.