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Quickly synthesize qualitative data, determine implications, and make informed decisions.

When making decisions, how do you assess the credibility of information? Do you conduct research and gather data methodically, or act on instinct and follow the latest trends? Do you know what key questions to ask? Feel confident you’re making valid decisions?

Whether you are developing a new product or service, presenting findings on a competitor’s product, or deciding how to allocate resources, you need the analytical skills to be able to support your conclusions with valid and credible evidence. In this course, you’ll learn the basics to implement a process for data analysis that ensures you’re focusing on the most critical information, involving the right people, and conveying your message in terms your audiences will understand.

Who Should Attend?

Business professionals who want to learn basic analytical skills to conduct research and perform analysis to help them make more informed and evidence-based decisions.

Conducting research is part of this class. Please bring a laptop equipped with MS 2007 (or higher) or other equivalent electronic device.

BONUS: Receive a flash drive containing tools and templates to use at work.

Apply Techniques to Information to Help Determine What Is Relevant
Put Information into a Form That Can Be Analyzed
Analyze Information in Order to Identify the “Best” Opportunity for Your
Business, and Explain Your Reasoning
Recognize Patterns, and Discern What They Can Mean for Your Business
Identify a Framework as the Basis for Creating Presentations That Use Information You’ve Derived from Your Analysis

Analytical Skills and Data Analysis

Identifying core analytical skills
Exploring the challenges of collecting, evaluating, and presenting information
Describing the steps in the analytical process: plan, analyze, conclude

The Planning Phase

Defining the purpose of the analysis
Improving your analytical skills by clarifying relevant issues: Why? Who? What are the options, benefits, and risks?
Identifying issues that are essential for comprehensive understanding
Deciding on an approach for an analysis project
Creating a data collection plan for obtaining information

The Analysis Phase

Organizing, collecting, and evaluating data via graphic tools
Performing affinity grouping to aggregate unstructured data into categories
Using a 2x2 grid and SWOT analysis to evaluate ideas and analyze strategies
Determining risks and performing cost-benefit analysis
Evaluating data and addressing information gaps

The Conclusion and Reporting Process

Understanding the characteristics of valid conclusions
Getting from conclusions to recommendations
Presenting conclusions graphically

Telling Your Story

Utilizing tools, tips, and techniques to present your story to multiple audiences
Creating and delivering a brief presentation that inspires and persuades

Why have you chosen us?

I have attended a training from Bilginc IT Academy before and I was satisfied.

I have attended a training from a different provider and it was not helpful.

Other

How many employees do you have in your IT department?

0 – 50

50 – 250

250 – 1000

1000+

Upcoming Trainings

Join our public courses in our South Africa facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.

Classroom / Virtual Classroom

11 January 2025