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Business Intelligence Career Master Plan: Launch and advance your BI career with proven techniques and actionable insights
by 作者: Eduardo Chavez (Author), Danny Moncada (Author)
Publisher Finelybook 出版社: Packt Publishing (August 31, 2023)
Language 语言: English
pages 页数: 284 pages
ISBN-10 书号: 1801077959
ISBN-13 书号: 9781801077958
Book Description
Learn the foundations of business intelligence, sector trade-offs, organizational structures, and technology stacks while mastering coursework, certifications, and interview success strategies
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Key Features
Identify promising job opportunities and ideal entry point into BI
Build, design, implement, and maintain BI systems successfully
Ace your BI interview with author's expert guidance on certifications, trainings, and courses
Book Description
Navigating the challenging path of a business intelligence career requires you to consider your expertise, interest, and skills. Business Intelligence Career Master Plan explores key skills like data modeling, visualization, warehousing, organizational structures, technology stacks, coursework, certifications, and interview advice, enabling you to make informed decisions about your BI journey.
You’ll start by assessing the different roles in BI and matching your skills and career with the tech stack. You’ll then learn to build taxonomy and a data story using visualization types. Additionally, you’ll explore the fundamentals of programming, frontend development, backend development, software development lifecycle, and project management, giving you a broad view of the end-to-end BI process. With the help of the author’s expert advice, you’ll be able to identify what subjects and areas of study are crucial and would add significant value to your skillset.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to make an informed decision on which of the myriad paths to choose in your business intelligence journey based on your skillset and interests.
What you will learn
Understand BI roles, roadmap, and technology stack
Accelerate your career and land your first job in the BI industry
Build the taxonomy of various data sources for your organization
Use the AdventureWorks database and PowerBI to build a robust data model
Create compelling data stories using data visualization
Automate, templatize, standardize, and monitor systems for productivity
Who this book is for
This book is for BI developers and business analysts who are passionate about data and are looking to advance their proficiency and career in business intelligence. While foundational knowledge of tools like Microsoft Excel is required, having a working knowledge of SQL, Python, Tableau, and major cloud providers such as AWS or GCP will be beneficial.
Table of contents
1. How to enter the BI world
2. How to become proficient analyzing data
3. How totalk data
4. How to crack interviews
5. Business Intelligence Landscape
6. Becoming Data Proficient or Subject Matter Expert
7. Business Intelligence Education
8. Beyond Business Intelligence
9. Data Wrangling & Data Visualization Hands On
About the Author
Eduardo Chavez, a google Professional with over 18 years of industry experience, hails from Mazatlan, Mexico. He holds multiple Data certifications from Oracle, Microsoft, google, and AWS since 2010. With a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems and three Master's degrees, including IT, Business Administration, and Business Analytics, Eduardo specializes in SQL, Semantic Layers, and Data Modeling. He has worked for prominent private companies like Accenture, Oracle, and google, as well as the University of Minnesota in the Public Sector. Eduardo is known for advocating the rapid development cycle, emphasizing Late Binding Data Warehousing, Rapid Prototyping, and a Top-Down approach.
Danny Moncada is a seasoned IT professional with 15 years of experience, excelling in project implementations related to database administration, data analysis, and data engineering. He has contributed his expertise to renowned companies like Cigna Healthcare, Indeed, IOTAS, as well as the University of Minnesota in the non-profit sector. In 2020, Danny completed his M.S. in Business Analytics from the Carlson School of Management, where he was recognized as the most helpful student by his peers. He has achieved various certifications, including Python Programming from NYU, google Cloud Platform, and IBM Data Engineering paths from Coursera. Danny's specialties lie in data visualization, analysis, and data warehousing.Amazon page
