Overview

What you will study

Data is a powerful raw material for business analytics, but ensuring data quality is critical to success.

This Strategic Data Management course offered by University of Melbourne is ideal for mid to late-career ICT professionals who want the tools, knowledge and strategic perspective to more effectively manage data quality and integration within an organisation.

Relevance to your job and industry

This micro-credential is designed in close consultation with industry and leverages best practices, especially regarding information systems strategy and disruptive technologies. Learning tasks have been designed to go beyond theory and enable you to apply your newfound practical skills and assessment task outcomes to your professional context.

Learning outcome

By the end of this course, you'll have a better understanding of how organisations should manage data. You'll be able to:

Discuss and reflect upon the intricacies of sourcing and preparing data for analytics
Explain the importance of data quality for analytics in organisations
Analyse issues that organisations face when sourcing data for analytics initiatives.

Programme Structure

The program focuses on:

Discover how to source and prepare data

Explore how data should be sourced and fed into data stores. Investigate the intricacies of sourcing, moving and preparing data for analytics, and discuss the tools and critical success factors for effective data integration.

Understand how to ensure data quality

Understand the importance of data quality and how your organisation can set targets to ensure you get it right. Explore tools and frameworks for managing data quality, and examine how data governance can contribute to better outcomes.

Develop a data strategy for an organisation

Using your new knowledge, you'll develop a strategy that briefs staff on the progressive use of an organisation’s data for analytics. This will reflect the strategic planning and investment implications that organisations need to consider, and could be applied to your professional context.

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 1 months

Start dates & application deadlines

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More details

Upcoming dates for this course are yet to be announced.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Melbourne, Australia

Disciplines

Strategic Management Data Science & Big Data View 22 other Short Courses in Strategic Management in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS: 00116K

This micro-credential is ideal for mid to late-career ICT professionals seeking to advance their careers or future-proof their skillsets.

It is recommended that learners commencing this micro-credential have either of the following:

An undergraduate degree in any discipline plus two years of experience in IT-related work

At least five years of experience in IT-related work.

You are encouraged to complete the following micro-credential before undertaking this one, but this is not a prerequisite:

Strategic Data in Organisations.

Work experience

At least five years of experience in IT-related work.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

1190 AUD / full

≈ 1190 AUD / full
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

1190 AUD / full

≈ 1190 AUD / full

Funding

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Strategic Data Management University of Melbourne

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