Custom Training

CU Data Resources will customize training to your needs. If you purchased an analytics solution, you may want to supplement the vendor’s training with some hands-on experiential education.  You may want specific training for report writers or training for your managers on how to request reports and analyses. Executives may simply want to know what information is available.

We will get as specific or as general as you want, and we will target the content to the audience. 

We’ll even make it fun!

Standard Training Courses

If you’re just starting to consider analytics, here are some standard training sessions that explain analytics in non-technical language. These classes are vendor and solution neutral, and you don’t need to have a solution in place. You can get people thinking about the possibilities of analytics and demonstrate that it doesn’t have to be complicated.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ANALYTICS

Executives, managers, and department heads will benefit from this strategic level discussion:

• Analytics explained in 10 minutes

• Analytics vs reporting

• Practical reasons for analytics

PROVIDING ANALYTICS

Providing information to users is a critical role that requires both technical skills and practical business knowledge. This session explores different ways to obtain and provide information along with practical suggestions for developing reports, building credibility with report consumers, and sources of information. Non-technical participants will benefit from tips on defining information needs and selecting appropriate staff for analytics.

• Effective report development

• Practical tips for requesting and providing information

• Accuracy and reliability

• Desired skills for analytics development

ANALYTICS TOOLS, TECHNOLOGY, AND SUPPORT

This session focuses on the infrastructure of analytics, including the hardware, software, support, and security. Reporting applications are a practical concern of this group, and this session will include instruction on running standard reports, developing new reports, delivering reports, and data governance.

• Security concerns

• Affordable reporting and visualization tools

• Servers and storage considerations

• Hidden costs of analytics solutions

ANALYTICS ASSESSMENT

Organizations have varying degrees of analytics expertise, resources, and needs. Participants will complete a short assessment to evaluate their current use of analytics, their current capabilities and tools, and known opportunities. The results of the assessment will be used in discussion throughout the seminar.