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Business Intelligence Capstone Mastery Journal

How has the Business Intelligence Master of Science Program met your Mastery Journal Timeline expectations and goals?

At the beginning of the course, my expectations were only based on assumptions and by reading the course descriptions. I would say that it is possible that my expectations were not formulated correctly due to the lack of knowledge as to what Business Intelligence means and what it is required to be successful in this industry. Clearly, now that I am about to cross the finish line I can see that my expectations on a whole new and unknown world were met but there is so much to learn still.

What have you learned from the Program's content?

I can say that I have learned the industry is tough and you will receive tough feedback based on perception, experience, and knowledge. I have learned that there is more than to just present an idea, the information needs to be backed up with data, lots of research, and resources. Learned about analytics and the technical aspect of the business and industries. Also, learned the importance of visualization, data mining, patterns, and analytics. Business Intelligence Master’s Degree opened my eyes to personal branding, leadership and influencer in the industry or in my place of work. It has been an interesting journey with a lot of knowledge acquired and with much to learn still.

How might you apply what you learned as you transition into your role as a practitioner in the BI industry and pursue your professional career upon graduation?

I will use this experience in my current position as a Data Manager, putting into practice my newly acquired analytical skills and data interpretation as part of my work. BI is currently helping me understand current processes of my position and understand how to handle data and where we store it and work it. My hopes for the future is to master my field of work and along with my education obtain a higher position.

Mastery Journal

BI Case Studies

1. How has the Business Intelligence Case Studies Course met your Mastery Journal Timeline expectations and goals?

2. What have you learned from the Course content?

3. How might you apply what you learned as you transition into your role as a practitioner in the BI industry and pursue your professional career upon graduation?

When I was asked to create a goal for this course in the Mastery class back when the degree began my original goal was “To master the problem solving, critical thinking skills and have a very clear idea in what to expect in the real world of BI” Upon reaching the final week of the Business Intelligence Case Studies Course I am confident saying that my original goal was in fact fulfilled. BI business Cases pushes you to think out of your comfort zone and think about things you never knew you could think about. Critical thinking is pushed to the max and beyond.

In the BI Business Case course, I learned how to read a company business case and identify gaps in the business. When identifying theses gaps I conducted a Gap analysis to point out the current situation of the company, what would the future situation of the company when finding an actionable solution and how to implement the solution meaning the steps that need to be taken to achieve the goal.

This course pushes the student to conduct research on the industries as a BI specialist. And you think as a strategist and not only as a programmer. In this course, I learned to study my client and the industry they operate in to be able to identify external and internal factors that could be causing gaps. And to also identify opportunities for the client to take advantage.

Thanks to the knowledge that I have gained in this course I will be able to think as a BI strategist when working with a client. I will be able to listen and analyze areas of opportunity and present the client with valuable solutions that will result beneficial for the company. BI business cases prepared me for my capstone project allowing me to experience what it is to present a solution for a working company and have the solution being evaluated by the company’s executive (capstone panel) and have an actual experience of what it means to be a BI specialist.

Mastery Journal BI Leadership and Communication Skills

My initial goal was” this course is to identify my areas of opportunities, make adjustments and practice the skills learned in class” This course allowed me to understand what characteristics I have as a leader. Also, allowed me to understand and identify the areas I needed to work on and develop and realistic plan to achieve the goals established by the development plan. The course also made me realize the importance of communication. Communication is not just about talking. As leaders, it is important to be aware how we communicate and the channels we use to communicate what we want to say . It is important to have empathy and emotional intelligence when communicating our ideas or instructions to follow to our teams and co - workers to avoid misunderstandings.

Grit and Ambition Ambition give a leader the ability to go from an average leader and communicator to becoming a first class one. Leaders that understand this become some of the best and most recognized leaders in the world. If a leader does not possess good communication skills or even ambition, there is a good chance that the project or the team will fail. A good leader is a combination of all these skills that also will inspire people to be the same way or even better.

All these valuable concepts that I have learned in this course will help me tremendously in my professional career and in my personal life as well. I recently was promoted to a managerial position and this course came just in time to identify myself as a leader and to have the necessary tools to work with my coworkers and other people as well. However, I also believe that to be a leader a title is not needed. People that are able to inspire others, bring great perspectives, communicate effectively and are trustworthy are leaders even if they don't carry a tittle. I was able to take away all this knowledge from the leadership course.

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Data Visualization and Creative Reporting

For this month's post, reflect on:

how the Data Visualization and Creative Reporting course met your original expectations,

what you learned from the course content

how you might apply what you learned as you proceed through the Business Intelligence program and in your professional career upon graduation.

My initial expectation for this course was that it was going to required learning new techniques to bring information to an audience in an appealing format. This class did just that and more. Data Visualization course allows the students to view data in an whole different way to tell a story. I was able to learn and use new tools and techniques to create graphs, charts and diagrams and tell a story to an audience in a simple and understandable way.

Data visualization allows to extract and work with complicated data and transform it in to a simple visualization that will tell a clear story to the audience. Using BI tools such as Excel, Google docs, Tableau, Keynotes etc allows for a hands on experience that enhance the ability to create a presentation that is worthy to be seen by the high executives on a company.

All these new skills obtained allows me to be more creative when developing an info graphic, dashboard or presentation. I know this are extremely useful and valuable skills to have in this present time since a picture, drawing or any visual tell more than a thousand words. I know for a fact that these are a plus to have not just for work but for everyday tasks as well. Data is all around us and we work with it every day and what better way that to make it simple and pretty.

Process Modeling and Analysis

Reflect on your expectations for the Process Modeling and Analysis course and what you learned from the course content

My original expectations at the beginning of this program was to have real-world experience on how to use BI to support analysis. At this point, I expect to identify problems and have the knowledge to solve them using the various processes of (BPM) and (PSIM). Trough out the course of this program I have been able to learn how to analyze a working company suggest a business plan and work step by step through the development of the plan. Learned important steps and concepts of the Business process that goes from the technical part of the implementation and all the way to human resources and CRM.

Reflect on how you might apply what you learned as you proceed through the Business Intelligence program and in your professional career upon graduation.

Upon graduation the skills and knowledge acquire in this course will allow me to understand BI processes and what is expected in this industry and any related fields. The topic is broad and will need to continue learning and researching and hopefully will be able to add experience in the field. My expectations are to be able to use this information to grow as a professional and continue learning on the subject.

Mastery Journal Patterns and Recognition

Reflect on how the Patterns and Recognition course met your original expectations, what you learned from the course content, and how you might apply what you learned as you proceed through the Business Intelligence program and in your professional career upon graduation.

My initial goal for this course was to be able to identify patterns in data, at the end of the course be able to extract information from large data sets using algorithms and be good at analyzing data overall.

Throughout the course of this four weeks, I have been able to exercise my critical thinking in other levels. This class allowed me to have a grasp and understand patterns in data and behaviors in different industries and fields such as sports, the stock market, the restaurant industry among others. Was able to use the Bayes Theorem to identify probabilities of success and be able to make better-informed decisions based on probabilities.

Patterns and Recognition allowed me to study the market and the way the investors react to the changes in the stock market. Was able to understand when is the best time to invest and based on patterns observed predict what would be a possible change on a specific stock or company.

What I have learned in this course allows me to see the industry world from another perspective. Allows me to use mathematical formulas to obtain probabilities and identify patterns and algorithms in different scenarios. Is my opinion that this information is very valuable upon graduating and confronting the industry world because I believe I have obtained a very solid foundation and set of skills that are currently needed in the BI world.

Mastery Journal Reflection Data Mining

Reflect on how the Data Mining course met your original expectations, what you learned from the course content, and how you might apply what you learned as you proceed through the Business Intelligence program and in your professional career upon graduation.

Back when I was starting this master degree in BI my original goal for this was “I want to be able to identify patterns in data, at the end of the course be able to extract information from large data sets using algorithms and be good at analyzing data overall”. I think I have been able to fulfill my initial goal and I was able to learn a lot of extremely valuable information and skills during this course. Then again there is much more to learn from DM

In this DM course, I was able to learn about the steps for data preparation such as selection, data integration, formatting, construction, and transformation. Learned why the beginning stages of DM are the longest and more difficult process and the importance of clean data. Was able to conduct a SWOT analysis on commercial as well as free DM tools and understand that the biggest difference between these two is computational efficiency. Also learned about the importance of Data visualization tool and the leading company offering this tools is Tableau. Data mining requires a special skill set to be done properly, however, with data mining, companies can create patterns of their customer's behaviors and personalize products and services. Employers are looking for potential candidates that can analyze data, create a solution out of a complex problem and explain the solution in a simple way that everyone can understand it. By knowing what companies are looking for and how they conduct interviews for the potential DM candidates gives me and advantage on how to prepare for such an opportunity if it comes my way. DM is a very rich and complex process however during this course I have gained valuable knowledge, it gave me a foundation on Data Mining and the understanding on how important and relevant knowing how to process and work with data is in this day and age. These skills will help me through my career and will allow me to perform better in my Capstone project and after graduation as well.

Business Intelligence Analytic Mastery Journal Update

How the Business Intelligence Analytic course met your original expectations?

My original expectation was “ I expect to exercise my critical thinking skills very effectively, be savvier in analytic techniques and be knowledgeable of the Bayesian Paradigm and Bayesian statistical Methods” Seems I had an idea of what to expect. Although is a complex course with this specific topics I'm glad to know that my original expectations were met. In my opinion with time, practice and dedication I will be able to become better in analytics.

What did you learn from the course content?

From this course, I learned how to apply BIA in the decision-making the process of a company. Also learned how to use analytics to create predictions and identify trends. Learned how to create a marketing plan for a potential client and provide solutions based on facts and possible outcomes.

How might you apply what you learned as you proceed through the Business Intelligence program and in your professional career upon graduation?

Analytics is essential is Business Intelligence this course has tough me to improve upon my critical thinking skills and to start viewing situations and solution as an analyst. Though is not an easy course and there is much more to learn and practice I have been able to get familiar with the concepts and viewing and analyzing dilemmas I have been able to have an idea of what is expected from an analyst in the Industry. What I have learned in this course will help me throughout the program and will allow me to be an asset due to the knowledge obtained.

Mastery Journal Reflection

Business Intelligence Technologies.

How has the Business Intelligence Technology course met your Mastery Journal Timeline monthly expectations and goals for this course?

My initial goal for this class was “After this course, my goal is to know to extract, transform and load ETL and also understand the use of (OLTP) and (OLAP) to analyze and distribute organizational information” I can say that Learned the advantages of OLAP-like for example that OLAP flexibility provides an easy way to analyze data and also provides better performance for accessing multidimensional data. I learned the Dos and Don’ts during the developmental steps of the ETL design. So, in other words, my initial expectations were met in this course.

What have you learned from the course content?

This course has taught me what to take into consideration when searching for a BI vendor. To research and analyze in depth why Business Intelligence projects fail. I learned the difference between BI Tools and BI Solutions as well and the important attributes BI vendors must have so one can make an informed selection. Was able to research Independent BI vendors and by creating a SWOT analysis understand the strengths and weaknesses of these vendors. Also, was able to see how they are ranked among the competition, their products compared to other companies etc.

How might you apply what you learned as you proceed through the Business Intelligence program and in your professional career upon graduation?

I will definitely use this knowledge when working in this industry and there is a need to search for BI vendors I feel confident I can do a well-rounded research. I will know how to look for key features and important characteristics of the tool. I plan to continue learning as much as I can and to the best of my abilities to become a well rounded professional in the industry.

Enterprise Data Management Reflection

How the Enterprise Data Management course met your original expectations?

My original expectations were to learn how to streamline processes, improve operational efficiency and to understand how to make better decisions with the information I collect. I would say that I have learned more than that and my expectations were met and I definitely explored and learned techniques and concepts that were completely unknown to me.

How might you apply what you learned as you proceed through the Business Intelligence program and in your professional career upon graduation?

The EDM course taught me the essential knowledge that will be needed in the rest of this program. I learned what Big Data is, how companies and organizations are handling it. I was able to research the industry of my choice and was able to find that BIG Data is key to the fashion industry nowadays. Learning about Dimensional modeling, the steps to create a dimensional model for a company gave me an understanding of how the industry is handling data and all the steps and considerations to make it effective and simple to understand.ETL and Data Warehousing exercises allowed me to analyze, do a lot of research, and exercise logic and critical thinking to figure companies processes and create a logical and effective plan that could actually be of benefit to such companies.

With practice comes perfect but I'm glad that I have gained basic knowledge and I was able to study cases and see how EDM is very important in the industry, to get familiar with major vendors out there that provide excellent products that can make the process easier and effective for all different industries. This will be an asset towards my Capstone project and towards my graduation. I know where to look and what I'm looking for and also understand the process. I will continue to build upon this during the course of this program and also in my professional career.

Mastery Journal Reflection Assignment

How has the Foundations of Business Intelligence course met your Mastery Journal Timeline monthly expectations and goals for this course?

My original goal for the Foundation of Business Intelligence was to understand the basics and how to implement BI solutions for organizations. In context, I have learned so much more, from how to create and effective diagram with the Use of VISIO 2016 to having meaningful conversations with other colleagues. So I would say that this course definitely surpassed my expectations since I was able to exercise critical thinking and build upon my research skills.

What have you learned from the course content?

From Foundations of Business Intelligence course I was able to understand the BI Capabilities like, Organizational Memory, Insight Creation, Information Integration and Presentation. Also, I was able to understand the technologies enabling each capability such as, data warehousing, text mining, data mining and OLAP among other (Sabherwal, R., & BecerraFernandez, I., 2011, p.43). In this course I was able to understand how BI would can improve customer’s service functions and create scenarios where BI was able to better customer service. Was able to analyze real organization cases and understand what BI technologies such organization put in place to make the processes more effective.

We were taught how to identify the ERP system for an organization, to identify the ERP system modules and their functions in the organization. Also, I learned about Legacy systems and how even though they are “old” some organizations still have them in place because they still can bring benefits along with them. However, legacy systems are a bit problematic since its maintenance and people with the skill to work such programs are difficult to find. This course guided me on the CRISP-DM process and the steps of a data mining project, these steps are; business understanding, Data understanding, data preparation, modeling, evaluation and deployment (Sabherwal, R., & BecerraFernandez, I., 2011), which gave me and understanding of each phase required and what is taken into consideration before implementing a DM project for an organization. This course taught about the “Mega Vendors” (Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and SAP) and we analyze the BI tools they have in place, their strengths and weaknesses, and the difference between the “mega vendors and the “independent vendors” (Sabherwal, R., & BecerraFernandez, I., 2011), I was able to understand the steps needed to create a BI solution and the development process of these solutions. Lastly, we are working on how to identify industries leveraging BI and deploying Enterprise 2.0 architecture.

How might you apply what you learned as you proceed through the Business Intelligence program and in your professional career upon graduation?

These being said, I know this course was a very good foundation for what is next in this BI degree. I plan to use this acquired knowledge to do good in the next courses, build upon these knowledge and prove in my Capstone project the skills I was able to obtain. I believe that the skills of being able to understand the basics of BI , the terms, what we need to look, perfecting research skills and critical and analytic thinking will give me a good chance to be successful in my professional career after graduation.

Reference

Sabherwal, R., & Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2011). Business intelligence: Practices, technologies, and management. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Technologies That Enable Organizational Capabilities

Organizational Memory Capability represents all the information that an organization has accumulated and stored (Sabherwal, R., & Becerra-Fernandez, I, 2011, p.29)

In this week 1 assignment, we learned about the technologies that enable BI. Focusing on the Organizational Memory as one of the four, in this diagram, I intend to explain the technologies that enable organizational memory and the content of these technologies.

Sabherwal, R., & Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2011). Business intelligence: Practices, technologies, and management. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

find inspiration in this concept because it makes me realize there is much to learn and understand before becoming a master myself. I will use this philosophy and apply it in my journey in life and as a professional.

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Mastery Journey Timeline

Mastery:Personal Development and Leadership

Goals:

To find my passion,learn how to use the tools available to me.My ultimate goal is to become a master in my field.

Strategies: Use Mastery book as a guideline.Greene, R. (2012) Mastery. (p. 194) New York, NY: Viking Penguin. Networking with people related to my field. Reading the article:Adopt These 10 Qualities to Become a Master in Your Field (corporatecomplianceinsights.com, 2015)

Foundations of Business Intelligence

Goals:

To understand Business process (BPA). How to effectively implement (BI) in project management and finally be able to understand how to use BI to solve business related problems.

Strategies: Watch "Business Analysis Fundamentals" by Haydn Thomas on Lynda.com. Read article Business Intelligence 101 – A Beginner’s Guide to BI Software (Houston Neal, 2011) Watch sign up for webinar "Insuring your BI-A Blueprint for Getting Started" by Nathan Cohen, Logi Solutions Manager (logianalytics.com)

Enterprise Data Management

Goals:

To learn how to streamline business processes, improve operational efficiency and to understand how to make better decisions with the information I collect.

Strategies: Watch " The Modern Enterprise Data Environment" byAlan Simon (Lynda.com, 2015). Read "Master Data Management and Data Governance" (Alex Berson and Larry Dubov, 2016). Watch snap logic webinar "Building the Enterprise Data Lake" with Mark Madsen, Craig Stewart and Erin Curtis recorded on November 19, 2015.

Business Intelligence Technologies

Goals:

After this course, my goal is to know to extract,transform and load ETL and also understand the use of (OLTP) and (OLAP) to analyze and distribute organizational information (fullsail.edu,2016).

Strategies: Watch "Foundations of Business Analytics:Perspective Analytics" by Alan Simon on Lynda.com. Read the article "An Overview of Business Intelligence Technology" by Surajit Chaudhuri,Umeshwar Dayal , and Vivek Narasayya. (EBSCOhost, 2011) Read the book " Too Big to Ignore: The Business Case for Big Data" by Phil Simon (Book, 2013) [WorldCat.org]. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 July 2016.

Business Intelligence Analytics

Goals:

I expect to exercise my critical thinking skills very effectively, be savvier in analytic techniques and be knowledgeable of the Bayesian Paradigm and Bayesian statistical Methods (fullsail.edu,2016).One tactic that I can use is "Cultivate Negative Capability" cause in it Greene explains that "you must develop the habit of suspending the need to judge everything that crosses your path. You consider and even momentarily entertain viewpoints opposite to your own, seeing how they feel." (Greene,2012,p.169). In analytic I think is a good skill to have and I think practicing early on will help in my journey to mastery.

strategies Take the " Learn Business Intelligence and Analytics" (7) CE courses on Lynda.com. Have regular meetings wit a mentor. Read the website article " Bayesian statistics for dummies" by Kevin Boone from kevinboone.net.

Data Mining

Goals

I want to be able to identify patterns in data, at the end of the course be able to extract information from large data sets using algorithms and be good at analyzing data overall (fullsail.edu,2016).

Strategies: Read the book Modeling with Data by Ben Klemens. Attend seminars like "Data Mining for Auditors" in Orlando Fl.(conventionnation.com, 2016) Excel Workshop: Working with Real-Time Data, with Chris Dutton on Lynda.com.

Patterns and Recognition

Goals

At the end of this course, my expectation is know how to recognize patterns, analyze data and provide good analysis and solutions when working in my field.

Strategies: Using Mastery concept,"Looking at the “what” instead of the “how”(Greene,2012,p.191) the opposite way, looking at the "how" first will allow me to understand better the why of things and will exercise my critical thinking skills. Watch the Marketing Tips course by Brad Batesole on Lynda.com. Watch "Computer Science- Pattern Recognition" youtube video. Read "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning". (Bishop, Christopher M. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. New York: Springer, 2006. Print).

Process Modeling and Analysis

Goals:

The goal is to have real-world experience on how to use BI to support analysis. At this point, I expect to identify problems and have the knowledge to solve them using the various processes of (BPM) and (PSIM).

Strategies: Read article "Styles in business modeling: an exploration and a model" by Jakob Pingge,Pnina Soffe,Dirk Fahland, Matthias Weidlic, Stefan Zugal,Barbara Weber,Hajo A. Reijers and Jan Mendling(EBSCOhost,2013). Watch "Determining and Verifying source BPM" video by Josh Harris on Lynda.com Conduct more in-depth research on the subject on how to apply (DSS) and (KPIs).

Data Visualization and Creative Reporting

Goals:

Use the knowledge from previous courses to have the ability to analyze, understand and present complex information to the audience using impactful data visualization. (fullsail.edu, 2016).

Strategies: Seek effective communication courses on my personal time. Watch Data Visualization Storytelling Essentials by Bill Shander on Lynda.com. Follow and read " The 38 best tools for data visualization" from Creativebloq.com (Brian Suda, 2016).

Business Intelligence Leadership and Communication Skills

Goal:

When the time comes I want to become a master in communicating my ideas to the audience. My goal for this course is to identify my areas of opportunities, make adjustments and practice the skills learned in class.

Strategies: Watch "Communication Tips" by Tatiana Kolovou on Lynda.com. Read "Why Communication Is Today's Most Important Skill" (Greg Statell, 2015). Develop a personal plan where I can practice presenting in front of an audience.Having mock presentations in front of mentors to develop the skill.

Business Intelligence Case Studies

Goal To master the problem solving, critical thinking skills and have a very clear idea in what to expect in the real world of BI.

Strategies: Watch "Executive Decision Making" (Mike Figliulo, 2015). Read "Nine steps to Effective Business Problem Solving" (Martin Zwilling, 2011) Continue to study materials from previous courses.

Business Intelligence Capstone

Goals: To present a credible, well thought of and convincing project where I can demonstrate effectively that I have learned what is needed in my field of study. Like Greene mentions,"We must learn how to quiet the anxiety we feel whenever we are confronted with anything that seems complex or chaotic. In our journey from apprenticeship to mastery we must patiently learn the various parts and skills that are required, never looking too far ahead" (Greene, 2012, p.265). Slowly with a lot of practice and learning my ultimate goal and is mastery.

Strategies: Watch "Improve your Business Intelligence Skills"(Lynda.com, 2014). Read communication skills books Read Forbes article "What You Don't Know Will Hurt You: The Top 8 Skills Professionals Need to Master" (Kathy Caprino,2012).

Greene, R. (2012) Mastery. (p.169,194,265) New York, NY: Viking Penguin.

This presentation shows my field of mastery, my goals for the next 12 months and strategies on how to achieve these goals. You will find who are the Top companies in Business Intelligence and leaders in the industry. While preparing this presentation I was able to have a better understanding of what BI is about. I was able to become agiler while doing this week's research and understand better the journey ahead.

“Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”

Lao Tzu

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