CSI 434 - Business Intelligence

Credits 5
Students will learn the concepts and principles of Business Intelligence. The course covers the complete lifecycle of designing, building and managing business intelligence systems. Students will be introduced, step by step, to the various phases and complexities in building and supporting successful business intelligence and decision support systems. Business Intelligence (BI) systems are applications and technologies for performing data mining and analysis on business customer, product and transaction information to discover new business opportunities and opportunities for efficiency. Emphasis will be placed on how to summarize and present findings in a manner which produces instant recognition of the value of the information and supports recommendations for a business client or project.
Prerequisite(s): CSI 332. *Course is designed to be software vendor-neutral. Students whose employer, or potential employer, uses a particular Database or BI platform, may use that software to complete any class projects.