Data Driven Insights and Decisions
Programme Overview
This 4-day programme provides a comprehensive set of tools to encourage the correct use of data and to gain business insights, influence stakeholders and drive sound decision making.
Self-Study Online
Coming Soon
Virtual Open Classroom
£1662 (plus VAT)
In-Company Training
Group Discount
Data Driven Insights and Decisions
The ability to use data correctly and confidently to gain business insights, influence stakeholders and drive sound decision making is an essential skill in today’s organisations. This programme provides a comprehensive set of tools to enable these requirements.
- Select and operationally define the right measures
- Validate and improve the measuring process so the data can be trusted
- Plan the data collection using the appropriate sampling approach
- Turn the data into information using statistics and graphs
- Use control charts to visualise and understand process behaviour
- Analyse data using graphical and statistical analysis – hypothesis testing and regression analysis
What Software will You Need?
This is a hands-on course and you will need a copy of Minitab software. You can purchase direct from Minitab or can obtain a free 30 day trial just before training starts. Alternatively, a 6-month
licence is available through Catalyst. Many organisations already have Minitab licences. Data sets relevant to multiple environments are provided for the training.
At A Glance
| Data Driven Insights and Decisions | |
| Now Showing | Data Driven Insights and Decisions – All delivery options |
| Price | £1662 + VAT |
| Duration | 4 days |
| CPD Points | 48 |
| Accreditations | BQF |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Delivery Modes | Virtual Open Classroom & In-Company |
| Delivered By | Moore Allison, Rob Row, Gillian Rhodes, Kirsty Hutchison |
Follow-on Options
Further Process Measurement and Analysis Techniques (2 days) follows directly from this programme – this would generally be taken by manufacturing/science/quality professionals in addition to Data Driven Insights and Decisions and by those on the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Programme.
- Individuals on the Business Black Belt Programme – this module provides the data/statistical tools component of the programme
- Individuals on the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Programme – this module provides the first part (around 50%) of the data/statistical tools component of the programme
- Business Improvement /Transformation professionals who recognise the value of data to gain business insights
- Individuals who want to know how to understand more about their business processes from data – whether the data is taken from existing systems or has been collected specially for an analysis or improvement project
- You will be able to apply the correct techniques to measure, interpret and communicate process performance
- You will learn how statistical tools and the robust approach required to apply them enhances your thinking and promotes process learning
- Ability and confidence to influence key stakeholders and senior leaders with data
- Develop a working knowledge of key graphical and analytical techniques using Minitab® software
Coming Soon- Self-Study Data Driven Insights and Decisions training – equivalent to 4 days
A series of self-study e-learning video modules to guide you through the content including plenty of opportunities to stop and practise the set examples and also apply the tools and techniques to your own data.
You will have 1-1 support from a Catalyst mentor.
Virtual Open Classroom – 4 days (2 + 2 days)
The training delivery format is a set of 2 x two day sessions
The programmes are delivered live over Zoom by our experienced Master Black Belt instructors. We use a wide variety of techniques to create and engaging, participative and fun experience for the learners.
Support Pack
Prices include comprehensive training materials and access to online learning resources.
In-company classroom
For more than 4 delegates attending the same programme this is the most cost effective option.
The programme can be delivered on-site or virtually.
The sessions will be bespoke, lively and interactive delivering a memorable learning experience for the delegates.
We will discuss your objectives prior to the delivery, and help you to plan the most effective delivery and support to your team of delegates.
This course is typically delivered over three days.
Consecutively or spread out over half-days sessions. Whatever is most convenient to you!
Contents
- Histograms, segmentation, Pareto, Scatter Diagram, Time Series Plots
- Minitab skills
- Continuous, proportion and count data types and why it matters
- Linking the measures to CTQs using L matrices
- The critical first step in assuring data quality – standard operating procedures for measuring
- Attribute Agreement Analysis (full training on Gauge R&R is covered in the Further Process Measurement and Analysis Techniques module)
- Considerations for taking a representative sample
- Using systematic and subgroup sampling to enable insights into process behaviour
- Determining the sample size for a desired margin of error
- Understanding when sample size calculations are useful
- X/mR
- Xbar R/S
- P/NP
- C/U
- Tests for special causes
- Case studies
- Cp and CpK indices
- T test
- Anova
- Proportions tests
- Chi Square tests
- Type 1 and 2 errors
- Simple linear regression
- Residuals analysis
- Prediction model
- Time Series Data
- Demonstration exercise using Simul8 software
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Forthcoming Public Data Driven Insights and Decisions Events
To book your place on one of our Data Driven Insights and Decisions public training events just select from these dates:
If your company has an account with us or you do not wish to purchase online using a credit card then please contact us to make your booking.
