All organisations need to respond to the challenges within the highly competitive global economy; business analysts are at the forefront of these responses. The 4th edition of this bestselling book provides a comprehensive guide for business analysts, encompassing the key concepts, frameworks & techniques needed to provide professional BA services.

In "Building Analytics Teams," author John K. Thompson draws from over three decades of experience in analytics and management to guide you through creating an impactful analytics team. The book emphasizes key strategies for hiring, managing, and leading analytics experts to drive business improvements and achieve organizational success. What this Book will help me do Develop the skills to build and lead high-performing analytics and AI teams. Gain insights into selecting impactful projects that drive measurable business outcomes. Understand how to cultivate successful collaborations with cross-functional business teams. Learn techniques to effectively communicate analytics-driven strategies to executives. Master strategies to navigate organizational and technological challenges in data initiatives. Author(s) John K. Thompson is a seasoned analytics and AI practitioner with over 30 years of experience leading data-driven transformations for dynamic organizations. Renowned for his strategic and pragmatic approach, John crafts hands-on methodologies to unlock the potential of analytics teams. His passion for mentoring fuels his engaging and insightful writing style. Who is it for? This book is ideal for senior executives and managers aiming to harness analytics and AI to transform their organizations. It's also tailored for analytics professionals who want to elevate their team's operational success. No matter your current experience, you'll find strategies to optimize your analytics initiatives and deliver impactful results.

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This comprehensive study guide is your companion to passing the CCBA® and CBAP® certification exams on your first attempt. Covering all knowledge areas from the BABOK Guide v3 in depth, it uses real-world scenarios to make concepts relatable and practical. You'll gain the skills and confidence needed to excel in business analysis and advance your career. What this Book will help me do Understand and apply the core topics of the BABOK® Guide v3 effectively. Acquire skills for planning, monitoring, and managing business analysis tasks. Learn techniques to handle elicitation, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement. Gain practical experience through case studies and mock exam questions. Prepare for the IIBA certification exams with guidance tailored to ensure your success. Author(s) Esta Lessing is a seasoned business analysis trainer and practitioner with over 18 years of experience in the field. As a licensed CBAP® trainer, she has helped numerous professionals achieve their certification goals. Her teaching approach integrates clear explanations, practical examples, and actionable advice to ensure a deep understanding of business analysis principles. Who is it for? This book is perfect for business analysts, consultants, and professionals aspiring to earn their IIBA certifications. It caters to those with foundation-level business analysis experience seeking structured guidance to enhance their skills and career opportunities. If you're preparing for the CCBA® or CBAP® certification exams, this guide is tailored for you.

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Analyze company data quickly and easily using Microsoft’s powerful data tools. Learn to build scalable and robust data models, clean and combine different data sources effectively, and create compelling and professional visuals. Beginning Power BI is a hands-on, activity-based guide that takes you through the process of analyzing your data using the tools that that encompass the core of Microsoft’s self-service BI offering. Starting with Power Query, you will learn how to get data from a variety of sources, and see just how easy it is to clean and shape the data prior to importing it into a data model. Using Power BI tabular and the Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), you will learn to create robust scalable data models which will serve as the foundation of your data analysis. From there you will enter the world of compelling interactive visualizations to analyze and gain insight into your data. You will wrap up your Power BI journey by learning how to package and share your reports and dashboards with your colleagues. Author Dan Clark takes you through each topic using step-by-step activities and plenty of screen shots to help familiarize you with the tools. This third edition covers the new and evolving features in the Power BI platform and new chapters on data flows and composite models. This book is your hands-on guide to quick, reliable, and valuable data insight. What You Will Learn Simplify data discovery, association, and cleansing Build solid analytical data models Create robust interactive data presentations Combine analytical and geographic data in map-based visualizations Publish and share dashboards and reports Who This Book Is For Business analysts, database administrators, developers, and other professionals looking to better understand and communicate with data

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Explore, create, and manage highly interactive data visualizations using Microsoft Power BI Extract meaningful business insights from your disparate enterprise data using the detailed information contained in this practical guide. Written by a recognized BI expert and bestselling author, Data Analysis with Microsoft Power BI teaches you the skills you need to interact with, author, and maintain robust visualizations and custom data models. Hands-on exercises based on real-life business scenarios clearly demonstrate each technique. Publishing your results to the Power BI Service (PowerBI.com) and Power BI Report Server are also fully covered. Inside, you will discover how to: •Understand Business Intelligence and self-service analytics •Explore the tools and features of Microsoft Power BI •Create and format effective data visualizations •Incorporate advanced interactivity and custom graphics •Build and populate accurate data models •Transform data using the Power BI Query Editor •Work with measures, calculated columns, and tabular models •Write powerful DAX language scripts •Share content on the PowerBI Service (PowerBI.com) •Store your visualizations on the Power BI Report Server

A guide to the various models and methods to multicriteria decision-making in conditions of uncertainty presented in a systematic approach Multicriteria Decision-Making under Conditions of Uncertainty presents approaches that help to answer the fundamental questions at the center of all decision-making problems: "What to do?" and "How to do it?" The book explores methods of representing and handling diverse manifestations of the uncertainty factor and a multicriteria nature of problems that can arise in system design, planning, operation, and control. The authors—noted experts on the topic—and their book covers essential questions, including notions and fundamental concepts of fuzzy sets, models and methods of multiobjective as well as multiattribute decision-making, the classical approach to dealing with uncertainty of information and its generalization for analyzing multicriteria problems in condition of uncertainty, and more. This comprehensive book contains information on "harmonious solutions" in multiobjective problem-solving (analyzing < X, F> models), construction and analysis of < X, R> models, results aimed at generating robust solutions in analyzing multicriteria problems under uncertainty, and more. In addition, the book includes illustrative examples of various applications, including real-world case studies related to the authors’ various industrial projects. This important resource: Explains the design and processing aspect of fuzzy sets, including construction of membership functions, fuzzy numbers, fuzzy relations, aggregation operations, and fuzzy sets transformations Describes models of multiobjective decision-making (< X. M> models), their analysis on the basis of using the Bellman-Zadeh approach to decision-making in a fuzzy environment, and their diverse applications, including multicriteria allocation of resources Investigates models of multiattribute decision-making (< X, R> models) and their analysis on the basis of the construction and processing of fuzzy preference relations as well as demonstrating their applications to solve diverse classes of multiattribute problems Explores notions of payoff matrices and fuzzy-set-based generalization and modification of the classic approach to decision-making under conditions of uncertainty to generate robust solutions in analyzing multicriteria problems Written for students, researchers and practitioners in disciplines in which decision-making is of paramount relevance, Multicriteria Decision-Making under Conditions of Uncertainty presents a systematic and current approach that encompasses a range of models and methods as well as new applications.

The role of the business analyst sits at the intersection of business operations, technology, and change management. The job requires a plethora of both soft skills and technical skills, as it must translate the needs of business users into action items for functional applications. On top of this, in-demand technologies have caused tectonic shifts in the way companies operate today, and business analysts must be prepared to adapt. The Inside Track to Excelling as a Business Analyst teaches you how to effectively harness skills, techniques, and hacks to grow your career. Author Roni Lubwama expertly walks you through case studies that illustrate how to diffuse the challenges and bottlenecks that business analysts commonly encounter. He provides you with digestible answers to the complexities faced when delivering digital transformation projects to end users. This book is not a self-help guide rife with corporate buzzwords, but a practical handbook with immediate applications from a true insider. Equip yourself with vital soft skills, ask the right questions, manage your stakeholders, and bring your projects to a successful close with The Inside Track to Excelling as a Business Analyst. Whether you are new to the role and want a leg up, or a veteran business operator looking to infuse new strategies into your work, this book instills lessons that will assist you throughout your entire career. In this time of rapid change in the digital space, business analysts are asked for more adaptability than ever before, and The Inside Track to Excelling as a Business Analyst is your ideal starting point. What You Will Learn Deploy a non-technical skills toolkit to resolve a wide array of bottlenecks particular to the business analyst practice. Defuse the many intractable and common scenarios you will encounter as a business analyst by the application of soft skills. Understand the difference between the theory and the actual practice of the business analyst role. Who This Book Is For Newbie and experienced business analysts who are looking to understand and contextualize their role; managers; other tech professionals looking to understand the business analyst role; and curious lay readers.

Dive into 'Learn Microsoft PowerApps' to discover how to build practical business applications without writing any code. This book demonstrates how to simplify complex business workflows into efficient, customized applications using Microsoft's PowerApps platform. From setting up your first app to advanced integrations, you'll learn step by step how to realize your ideas. What this Book will help me do Grasp how to build and customize apps using a no-code approach with PowerApps. Harness Microsoft Power Automate for automating business processes effectively. Utilize PowerApps to integrate GPS and barcode functionality into business apps. Develop enterprise-grade applications leveraging Common Data Service within PowerApps. Share and deploy your applications securely through SharePoint and Teams. Author(s) Matthew Weston is a seasoned developer and consultant passionate about helping professionals adopt and thrive with Microsoft technologies. With years of experience working in enterprise solutions and conducting trainings, Matthew writes with a focus on making complex topics accessible and actionable for a wide range of audiences. Who is it for? This book is tailored for business analysts, IT professionals, and developers of any expertise who wish to create functional apps without the burden of coding. Beginners new to PowerApps will find clear, incremental guidance, while experienced users can explore advanced integrations and functionalities. If streamlining business workflows interests you, this book is for you.

Business decisions today are tactical and strategic at the same time. How do you respond to a competitor’s price change? Or to specific technology changes? What new products, markets, or businesses should you pursue? Decisions like these are based on information from only one source: data. With this practical report, technical and non-technical leaders alike will explore the fundamental elements necessary to embark on a data analytics initiative. Is your company planning or contemplating a data analytics initiative? Authors Brett Stupakevich, David Sweenor, and Shane Swiderek from TIBCO guide you through several analytics options. IT leaders, product developers, analytics leaders, data analysts, data scientists, and business professionals will learn how to deploy analytic components in streaming and embedded systems using one of five platforms. You’ll examine: Analytics platforms including embedded BI, reporting, data exploration & discovery, streaming BI, and data science & machine learning The business problems each option solves and the capabilities and requirements of each How to identify the right analytics type for your particular use case Key considerations and the level of investment for each analytics platform

This business analytics (BA) text discusses the models based on fact-based data to measure past business performance to guide an organization in visualizing and predicting future business performance and outcomes. It provides a comprehensive overview of analytics in general with an emphasis on predictive analytics. Given the booming interest in analytics and data science, this book is timely and informative. It brings many terms, tools, and methods of analytics together. The first three chapters provide an introduction to BA, importance of analytics, types of BA-descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive-along with the tools and models. Business intelligence (BI) and a case on descriptive analytics are discussed. Additionally, the book discusses on the most widely used predictive models, including regression analysis, forecasting, data mining, and an introduction to recent applications of predictive analytics-machine learning, neural networks, and artificial intelligence. The concluding chapter discusses on the current state, job outlook, and certifications in analytics.

As your business tries to make sense of today’s staggering amount of structured and unstructured data, traditional analytics will take you only so far. The key to success over the next few years will depend on augmented analytics, a method that embeds machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) in the process. This report explains how augmented analytics can help you uncover hidden insights, predict results, and even prescribe solutions. Author Alice LaPlante provides best practices for deploying augmented analytics, along with real-world case studies that show you how to take full advantage of this method. IT professionals, business managers, and CFOs will learn ways to democratize data use among business users and executives, using a self-service model. The future belongs to those who can get more from their data. This report shows you how. Get a primer on the key components and learn how they work together Delve into the benefits of—and roadblocks to—adopting augmented analytics Learn how companies use this method in marketing, sales, finance, and human resources Examine case studies of companies including Accenture and Riverbed

Make Better Decisions, Leverage New Opportunities, and Automate Decisioning at Scale Prescriptive analytics is more directly linked to successful decision-making than any other form of business analytics. It can help you systematically sort through your choices to optimize decisions, respond to new opportunities and risks with precision, and continually reflect new information into your decisioning process. In Prescriptive Analytics, analytics expert Dr. Dursun Delen illuminates the field’s state-of-the-art methods, offering holistic insight for both professionals and students. Delen’s end-to-end, all-inclusive approach covers optimization, simulation, multi-criteria decision-making methods, inference- and heuristic-based decisioning, and more. Balancing theory and practice, he presents intuitive conceptual illustrations, realistic example problems, and real-world case studies–all designed to deliver knowledge you can use. Discover where prescriptive analytics fits and how it improves decision-making Identify optimal solutions for achieving an objective within real-world constraints Analyze complex systems via Monte-Carlo, discrete, and continuous simulations Apply powerful multi-criteria decision-making and mature expert systems and case-based reasoning Preview emerging techniques based on deep learning and cognitive computing

This book outlines the benefits and limitations of simulation, what is involved in setting up a simulation capability in an organization, the steps involved in developing a simulation model and how to ensure that model results are implemented. In addition, detailed example applications are provided to show where the tool is useful and what it can offer the decision maker. In Simulating Business Processes for Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics, Andrew Greasley provides an in-depth discussion of Business process simulation and how it can enable business analytics How business process simulation can provide speed, cost, dependability, quality, and flexibility metrics Industrial case studies including improving service delivery while ensuring an efficient use of staff in public sector organizations such as the police service, testing the capacity of planned production facilities in manufacturing, and ensuring on-time delivery in logistics systems State-of-the-art developments in business process simulation regarding the generation of simulation analytics using process mining and modeling people’s behavior Managers and decision makers will learn how simulation provides a faster, cheaper and less risky way of observing the future performance of a real-world system. The book will also benefit personnel already involved in simulation development by providing a business perspective on managing the process of simulation, ensuring simulation results are implemented, and that performance is improved.

Master the art of business intelligence with "Learn Power BI". This beginner-friendly guide introduces you to building interactive business reports and dashboards using Microsoft Power BI. By covering data modeling, visualization, and analysis techniques, you will be equipped with the tools to derive actionable insights and decision-making support from your organization's data. What this Book will help me do Create interactive dashboards using Power BI features to enhance business reporting. Import and transform raw data using Power BI's Query Editor for cleaner analysis. Perform dynamic and complex calculations with DAX to enrich your data insights. Develop storytelling reports that convey impactful business insights effectively. Publish and securely share Power BI reports, enabling collaboration across teams. Author(s) Greg Deckler is an expert in business intelligence and data analysis, with years of experience leveraging Power BI to solve real-world challenges. As a seasoned author, Greg combines technical depth with an approachable teaching style, making intricate concepts accessible. Through his writing, he focuses on empowering readers to unlock the full potential of Power BI for solving business challenges. Who is it for? This book is ideal for IT managers, data analysts, or professionals looking to adopt Power BI for their business intelligence needs. It's accessible to beginners with no prior Power BI experience. Additionally, if you're transitioning from other BI tools and aim to learn how to build interactive dashboards and reports in Power BI, this is the guide for you. Advance your skills and meet your business goals with confidence.

Design, develop, and master efficient Power BI solutions for impactful business insights Key Features Get to grips with the fundamentals of Microsoft Power BI Combine data from multiple sources, create visuals, and publish reports across platforms Understand Power BI concepts with real-world use cases Book Description Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Guide gets you started with business intelligence by showing you how to install the Power BI toolset, design effective data models, and build basic dashboards and visualizations that make your data come to life. In this Learning Path, you will learn to create powerful interactive reports by visualizing your data and learn visualization styles, tips and tricks to bring your data to life. You will be able to administer your organization's Power BI environment to create and share dashboards. You will also be able to streamline deployment by implementing security and regular data refreshes. Next, you will delve deeper into the nuances of Power BI and handling projects. You will get acquainted with planning a Power BI project, development, and distribution of content, and deployment. You will learn to connect and extract data from various sources to create robust datasets, reports, and dashboards. Additionally, you will learn how to format reports and apply custom visuals, animation and analytics to further refine your data. By the end of this Learning Path, you will learn to implement the various Power BI tools such as on-premises gateway together along with staging and securely distributing content via apps. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide by Devin Knight et al. Mastering Microsoft Power BI by Brett Powell What you will learn Connect to data sources using both import and DirectQuery options Leverage built-in and custom visuals to design effective reports Administer a Power BI cloud tenant for your organization Deploy your Power BI Desktop files into the Power BI Report Server Build efficient data retrieval and transformation processes Who this book is for Microsoft Power BI Complete Reference Guide is for those who want to learn and use the Power BI features to extract maximum information and make intelligent decisions that boost their business. If you have a basic understanding of BI concepts and want to learn how to apply them using Microsoft Power BI, then Learning Path is for you. It consists of real-world examples on Power BI and goes deep into the technical issues, covers additional protocols, and much more.

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Architect and deploy a Power BI solution. This book will help you understand the many available options and choose the best combination for hosting, developing, sharing, and deploying a Power BI solution within your organization. Pro Power BI Architecture provides detailed examples and explains the different methods available for sharing and securing Power BI content so that only intended recipients can see it. Commonly encountered problems you will learn to handle include content unexpectedly changing while users are in the process of creating reports and building analysis, methods of sharing analyses that don’t cover all the requirements of your business or organization, and inconsistent security models. The knowledge provided in this book will allow you to choose an architecture and deployment model that suits the needs of your organization, ensuring that you do not spend your time maintaining your solution but onusing it for its intended purpose and gaining business value from mining and analyzing your organization’s data. What You'll Learn Architect and administer enterprise-level Power BI solutions Choose the right sharing method for your Power BI solution Create and manage environments for development, testing, and production Implement row level security in multiple ways to secure your data Save money by choosing the right licensing plan Select a suitable connection type—Live Connection, DirectQuery, or Scheduled Refresh—for your use case Set up a Power BI gateway to bridge between on-premises data sources and the Power BI cloud service Who This Book Is For Data analysts, developers, architects, and managers who want to leverage Power BI for their reporting solution

Your hands-on guide to building effective Power BI dashboards Expand your expertise–and teach yourself how to create world-class Power BI business analysis dashboards that bring data to life for better decision-making. If you're an experienced business intelligence professional or manager, you'll get all the guidance, examples, and code you need to succeed–even if you've never used Power BI before. Successfully design, architect, and implement Power BI in your organization Take full advantage of any Microsoft Power BI platform, including Power BI Premium Make upfront decisions that position your Power BI project for success Build rich, live dashboards to monitor crucial data from across your organization Aggregate data and data elements from numerous internal and external data sources Develop dynamic visualizations, including charts, maps, and graphs Bring data to life with stunning interactive reports Ensure dashboard security and compliance Drive user adoption through effective training