Topic outline

  • Welcome

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      Reserving a slot for hands-on support on 06 March or 30 March between 10:00–12:00 Scheduler


    • Welcome to the Business Intelligence course!

      The course includes a collaboration with both Tableau and Turku School of Economics (TSE) on a joint competition, which is also the course's final assignment. Due to the need to accommodate the course time of TSE, the final assignment will be published probably a week after the last teaching session.

      Delivery method: The course will be delivered on-site
      Online coaching for only hands-on sessions (two sessions):  https://aalto.zoom.us/j/5138969960

      The objective of the course is to give the students an understanding of data-informed decision-making. The focus is on business-oriented analytical skills, which enable the students to work with the data, understand them and turn them into intelligence and actions.

      After the course, you will be able to:
      • Obtain an understanding of data-informed decision-making in enterprises.
      • Obtain business-oriented analytical skills using Power BI, Tableau, and Weka.
      • Understand the challenges to work with the data, to understand them, and turn them into intelligence and actions.
      Evaluation schema
      1. Power BI assignment (20%)
      2. Weka assignment (40%)
      3. Tableau assignment (40%)

      BI software study: Online supports are available for your study of Power BI and Weka
      Time: i) 06 March 10:15–12:00  & ii) 27 March 10:15–12:00
      Zoom: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/5138969960

      Learning diary
      Please register your attendance in the classes! You need to write a learning diary as a supplement for each class that you are absent. The topic of the learning diary for each class will be available in the "Learning diary" section.
      - If you attend the class, you don't need to submit the learning diary for that class.
      - Failure to submit a learning diary or the learning diary failing to meet the requirements will lead to a minus of 2 points (2/100) for each learning diary.

      Please offer your feedback or suggestion during the course via Presemo here:

      Important Dates:
      February 27: First lecture
      March 15: DL for forming a group of 3 - 5 members (If you need help forming a group, please inform course assistant Jiang Yuting <yuting.jiang@aalto.fi>).
      March 20: DL for Power BI assignment
      March 23 at 12:00: Peer assessment of Power BI assignment starts
      March 29: DL for Power BI assignment peer assessment.
      April 05: DL for Weka assignment
      April 08 at 12:00: Peer assessment of Weka assignment starts
      April 10: DL to submit learning diary (only for unattended lectures, excluding sessions 3 and 9)
      April 15: DL for Weka assignment peer assessment.
      April 05 at 14:00:     Tableau Challenge Announcement
      April 18 at 13:00:    DL to submit videos and reports (Tableau Challenge)
      April 19 (~13:00):    Five teams will be selected and informed to participate in the final competition.
      April 21 (10:00 – 13:00): Final Competition Event (5 teams)


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