FIT3003 - Business intelligence and data warehousing

Offered

Not offered in 2007

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an understanding of Business Intelligence (BI) systems and the infrastructure needed to support them. Over the past decade OLAP tools, data mining and other data analysis techniques have been used to obtain value from data in ways not possible with earlier tools. Topics covered include the nature and purpose of BI, the relationship between BI and data warehousing, design issues related to BI tools and data warehouses, and common data analysis techniques such as OLAP, data mining and other computational techniques. The differences between these kinds of systems and other, more traditional information systems will be highlighted.

Assessment

Examination: 60%
Assignments, class tests and laboratory exercises: 40%
Students must pass the examination in order to pass the unit.

Contact hours

4 hours per week

Prerequisites

FIT2011, FIT1004