Course Description

The Data Management Essentials practitioner certificate is ideal for business analysts, managers, change managers, and project managers seeking to enhance their understanding of data management in corporate environments. This course is perfect for professionals who want to implement industry-standard, best practice approaches to data management.

Our comprehensive program covers essential techniques and procedures for managing corporate data, the roles that form an effective data management team, and the relationship between data and enterprise operations. You'll explore data quality principles and current trends in the field. Through focused, interactive sessions, you'll learn from expert trainers and share real-world challenges, ensuring practical application of your newfound knowledge.

Join us to elevate your data management skills and drive your organization towards data-driven success.

Pre-requisites

There are no entry requirements for this certification.

Target Audience

This course is ideal for professionals involved in managing corporate data or responsible for database administration, including:

• Business analysts
• Customer journey managers
• Solution developers
• Project managers
• Database administrators

Data Management Essentials also serves as a Specialist Practitioner module for the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.

Course Materials

We'll send a printed copy of the latest comprehensive course manual to your home address well before your course begins. Additionally, you'll receive an email with a link to access a digital version of the same manual, ensuring you have both physical and electronic references for your convenience and future use.

Exam

The course prepares delegates for the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Data Management Essentials examination. If this course is part of your BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis programme you have a choice of further modules which include the Core BA Diploma modules, Business Analysis Practice and Requirements Engineering.

Candidates with disabilities or special considerations, including English as a second language, may request adjustments or additional time in line with BCS reasonable adjustments policy.

Learning Outcomes

Holders of the BCS Certificate in Data Management Essentials should be able to:

• Act as members of a Data Management team within an organisation
• Implement an industry standard "best practice" approach to their Data Management work
• Understand the roles and skills required in database administration, data administration and repository administration
• Contribute to Technology Direction Evaluation
• Aid in the construction of a Data Charter
• Practise basic data administration, database administration and repository administration skills
• Develop procedures for managing an organisation's corporate data resource

Course Content

Introduction

• Data and the enterprise
• What is data management?
• Database architecture

Data Modelling

• Why we model data
• Basic data modelling concepts
• Drawing entity-relationship diagrams
• Finding attributes and domains

Data Analysis

• An introduction to normalisation

Corporate Data Modelling

• Corporate conceptual data modelling
• Data definition, naming and ownership
• Metadata
• Data quality

Data and Repository Administration

• Database administration
• Repository administration

Data Management in practice

• The management of data management
• The data management environment
• Current data management themes