Data Management

About the course

Data is one of the key assets for companies, which makes managing data a crucial competency in business today. It has become standard that business teams use at least some data to make their decisions in the everyday business processes. Having a lacking or faulty data management process in place can, therefore, lead to major errors and inconsistencies across analyses, with major impact both short and long term. Therefore, it is important that all members understand what is needed to manage data well to avoid these common mistakes. This Data Management training will teach you how to identify errors in your data and ensure that the results are accessible and comprehensible by other teams. With an extensive focus on the basics of data management and methods to execute quality control in your business  

Why this is for you

Have you experienced working with datasets that were lacking in explanation, quality, or that were contradictory? Many organizations don’t apply best practices in data management often rendering them ineffective. In this module, you will learn to discuss data strategies, how to ensure your data contains no errors, and is both comprehensible and functional in your company.  

For whom

This module is designed for business leaders or anyone looking to get the most out of their data! Does learning best practice methods and streamlining your data management sound like what you need? Then this is the course for you!  

What you’ll learn

1. The difference between defensive and offensive data strategies and the impact on data management
2. The evolution of the organizational data strategy
3. The roles and responsibilities of data management within an organization
4. Methods and techniques for business experts to create alignment on business definitions and to ensure a scalable data integration layer
5. The dimensions of data quality
6. The steps in the data quality management process
7. Toolbox for business experts to manage the quality of own data and results

Learning Goals

• Defensive/offensive strategy – Recognize and experience the (dis)advantages of defensive versus offensive strategy
• Achieve a centrally managed data understanding – Able to explain the steps and role of the business in achieving alignment on centrally organized data management
• Dealing with data quality – Capable of explaining the role of business experts in the data quality management cycle, and identifying major data quality issues in datasets and analyses

Theory and practical use All trainings in the GAIn portfolio combine high-quality standardized training material with theory sessions from experts and hands-on experience where you directly apply the material to real-life cases. Each training is developed by top of the field practitioners which means they are full of industry examples along with practical challenges and know-how, fueling the interactive discussions during training. We believe this multi-level approach creates the ideal learning environment for participants to thrive.