MSDA 6320 Data Analytics in Project Management
This course introduces the most used descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive business analytics techniques and shows how these tools can be implemented using Microsoft® Excel. In this course students will get hands-on experience working with datasets using spreadsheets, which have also become the standard vehicle for introducing undergraduate and graduate students in business and engineering to the concepts and tools covered in the business analytics course. Students will explore techniques such as descriptive data mining, data visualization, statistical analysis, time series analysis and forecasting, predictive data mining, and decision analysis to discover relationships and patterns in data. In addition, students will learn how to compare different models, evaluate results, communicate findings, and data mining in project management.
Offered
Summer, Fall, Spring