Business Intelligence Masterclass

BCS (Isle of Man) is proud to announce their next event on the 13th September, focusing on the use of Microsoft technology for Business Intelligence. The event will be preceeded by a short AGM. The programme of events is as follows:

17:00   doors open / complimentary sandwiches and mineral water

17:45   AGM

Session #1:  Barrule Suite, 5^th Floor, Tynwald via public entrance on Finch Road

18:00   Allan Mitchell MVP

Allan will cover the business benefits of live management information as a data integration specialist with SQL Server Integration Services to support M&A systems integration, data cleansing (including regulatory compliance and cross-border data protection), data mining and visualisation.

As a SQL Azure Advisory Board member with Microsoft and co-author of “First to Market” by Wrox publishing, he knows all about cloud computing database analytics too.

18:45   questions and answers / short break

Session #2:  Barrule Suite, 5^th Floor, Tynwald via public entrance on Finch Road

19:00   Chris Webb MVP

Chris will “map” the Microsoft BI landscape, where Sharepoint 2010 fits in, and explain business benefits with a free tool Excel 2010 PowerPivot.

He is a SQL Server Analysis Services, Reporting Services and OLAP MDX specialist, co-author of “Expert Cube Development with SSAS 2008” and routinely helps multi-nationals in insurance, banking and online gambling significantly improve number crunching performance.

19:45   questions and answers / short break

Session #3: Prospect Hotel, Prospect Hill, Douglas

20:15   informal consultancy with the speakers and social networking

Session #4:  VIP CPD @ Liverpool

As a follow up to the event for database specialists, committee members will host a VIP CPD session at the SQLbits.com conference in Liverpool, the most important SQL server event in Europe with 50+ speakers from Microsoft and official partners.  Entry on Thursday 29^th September and/or Friday 30^th September will be subject to a 35 percent discount and entry on Saturday 1^st October will be free.  Sorry, first come first served!  Please contact any committee member for more details.

You can book in for the event below:

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Business Analysis – Providing the Customer Focus

Our next event is titled Business Analysis – Providing the Customer Focus and will be held on Wednesday 20th July at the Claremont Hotel.

Debra Paul will explore business analysis within the broader context of the business change lifecycle. This will include a discussion about the evolving role and responsibilities of the business analyst and will highlight some of the current issues with business analysis practice. This presentation will also consider why effective business analysis is critical if organisations are to achieve the predicted benefits from business improvement projects.

Debra Paul FBCS CITP is the Managing Director of Assist Knowledge Development, a training and consultancy company specialising in business analysis, business process change and solution development. She has extensive experience in all aspects of business analysis and business process improvement. Debra is the BCS Chief Examiner for Business Analysis and is an accredited SFIA consultant. Debra jointly edited and wrote the best-selling BCS reference manual, Business Analysis, and is also the co-author of the BCS reference manual Business Analysis Tools and Techniques.

Debra is a regular speaker at business seminars, is a member of the organising committee for the Business Analysis Conference Europe 2011 and is a founder member of the BA Management Forum. Her recent clients include blue chip clients include Allianz and Lloyds TSB Group.

Schedule

Please register for the event below:

If you require a CPD certificate for this event, please download one and bring it with you to the event where you can ask one of the committee members to validate it for you.

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