Essentials of Data Visualization
Overview
Organizations have an increasing amount of data at hand, but interpreting that data to make informed business decisions is a crucial next step in data analysis.
Villanova’s online data visualization course helps remove the clutter of complex information and allows you to build powerful at-a-glance dashboards that tell your data’s story and monitor the progress of your company goals at all levels: strategic, tactical and operational.
Combining Theory and Practice
Villanova’s eight-week online Data Visualization course combines theory and practice with a focus on real-life application. You’ll gain hands-on experience by building at-a-glance dashboards within two industry-leading data visualization tools, Tableau and Qlik. The dashboards you’ll create highlight trends, patterns, relationships, and outliers through compelling dashboards, charts, graphs, and diagrams.
The Villanova College of Professional Studies provides hands on access to Qlik and Tableau during the class.
8 Continuing Education Units
80 Military Clock Hours | 10 Military Clock Hours Per Week
Who Should Register?
Whether you work in tech, finance, healthcare, government, or any other industry, the need for data visualization is growing. Regardless of your role and the size of your organization, the ability to visualize your data and tell its story can help you and your organization make informed decisions to drive success.
What You Will Learn
By the end of this course, students will:
- Understand what Dashboards and Scorecards are, how they are created, and why they add value to an organization
- Understand the main differences between the different types of dashboards and their use
- Understand the best practices in data representation techniques
- Be able to apply data gathering methods to create Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are aligned with the Strategic Goals of the organization
- Be able to use tools such as Tableau and Qlik to build dashboards and visualizations
- Know the best practices on how to build KPIs, Visualizations and Dashboards
- Understand the importance of storytelling with data
- Identify trends in the Data Visualization Industry
Meet Your Expert Faculty
Villanova University’s courses are taught by industry practitioners with a range of real-world experience. Meet Villanova University’s College of Professional Studies Faculty and Staff.
Javier Leon is a full time certified project manager at Amazon Produce Network, the largest distributor and importer of mangos in the USA. He has an MBA, an MS in Food Marketing and an MS in Business Intelligence and Analytics. One of his greatest passions is teaching and continuous learning.
Curriculum
8 Week Course
Introduction to Performance Dashboards and Scorecards
- Importance of Performance Dashboards
- Benefits of using well-built dashboards
- Benefits of Business Performance Management
- Tradeoffs that exists between depth and breadth of analysis
- Communicating Business Analysis Information
- Managing Stakeholder Collaboration
How to Align Business and IT, and Types of Performance Dashboards
- Causes between the misalignment between the Business and IT
- Tactics used to align the Business and IT
- The three different types of dashboards
- Elements that compose the main types of dashboards
Understanding Strategic, Tactic and Operational Dashboards
- Concepts of each type of dashboard
- Key elements for dashboard success
- Understanding the main buttons that exist on a Qlik App
- How to build graphics using Qlik
- Trends for the future of dashboards
Creating Data Visualizations with Qlik
- The three phases of a project according to Eckerson
- Success factors behind each of the phases of the project
- Understanding the importance of stakeholder involvement in a project
- Understanding why KPIs need to be monitored, controlled and revised
- Creating data visualizations with Qlik
Best Practices for creating Performance Metrics and Performance Dashboards
- Understanding the different types of metrics
- Understanding the components of insightful metrics
- The characteristics of Effective Performance metrics
- Explaining the importance of data quality when it comes to building KPIs
- How to choose the right graph
- The importance of building prototypes
- Best practices on the building of displays
Creating Dashboards and Data Visualizations with Tableau
- Gestalt Principles of Perception
- Applying Gestalt Principles of Perception to storytelling and data visualization
- The main components of Tableau’s screen
- How to connect to a data source using Tableau
Opportunities for Data Visualization Reporting in the Industry
- Strategies to ensure adoption
- Different types of user training
- How to optimize performance by using metrics
- The importance of coaching during the implementation process
Other Software packages and future trends
- The main software available in the Industry
- Understanding the capabilities of each software
- Using Gartner’s Magic Quadrant to identify the different software available
- The importance of coaching during the implementation process
If you’re going to pay by credit card, you can either get started with installment payments or pay in full. Just let your enrollment representative know the option that works best for you.
Corporate Tuition Assistance
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Corporate TA
Corporate tuition assistance is paid by your employer. You will need to provide appropriate forms for processing, prior to enrollment. Subject to employer benefit policies.
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Deferred Corporate TA
Pay tuition now and have your employer reimburse you. Additional documentation will be needed to process this payment. Subject to employer benefit policies.
Military Benefits
Active Duty
Villanova offers a 15% savings, per certificate course, to active-duty servicemembers, Guardsmen and Reservists (upon verification of military status).
Veterans
Villanova offers a 15% savings, per certificate course to veterans (upon verification of military status). You may also use your Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education benefits for many of Villanova’s 100% online non-credit programs, based upon your individual eligibility.
Spouses and Dependents
Villanova offers a 15% savings, per certificate course, to active-duty servicemembers, veterans, Guardsmen, Reservists and their spouses and dependents (upon verification of military status).
This reduction is valid off the standard tuition fee rate of the listed courses offered by Villanova University with online administration by Bisk. This reduction is not stackable with other reductions, and you may not use this reduction in conjunction with other reductions.
