BCS Certificate In Data Analysis

Service Description

Course Style - Face-to-face or Virtual sessions via ZOOM This course is intended to enable business analysts to define data requirements with a detailed understanding of what is required and a rigorous approach. The course will provide business analysts with knowledge and understanding of data analysis activities and techniques designed to elicit and analyse data requirements and inherent business rules and how to define the structure of the data to meet business needs. The course will also introduce the data lifecycle and the activities involved at each stage which fall under the remit of a business analyst - from identifying appropriate data sources to interpreting data to make more informed decisions. Course Outline • The context of data analysis for business analysts • The purpose of data analysis and modelling • The components of class diagrams as a data modelling technique • Interpreting a data model • Validating a data model using business analyst artefacts • The rationale and approach for data normalisation • Different types of data sources and approaches to data acquisition • Exploring and validating data, data quality and cleansing • Interpreting data using descriptive statistics • Introduction to data analytics concepts • Guidelines for data protection and data ethics Target Audience: The professional certificate is for anyone who needs to understand and apply data analysis within a business change environment Suitable for business analysts, systems analysts and technical or solutions architects What you get... Enjoy FREE 12-months BCS Associate Membership Free Associate membership of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, is available for any candidate who successfully passes their first BCS Professional Certification. The candidate will receive free BCS membership for 1 year which provides a host of benefits. What format is the exam? 90 Minutes ‘closed book’ with 40 multiple choice questions Pass mark is 65% (26/40)