
Certification course - IBCS® Certified Consultant
Implementing the SUCCESS formula of the IBCS® Standards in an organization is just as interesting as it is challenging. This course is geared towards consultants and employees with many years’ experience in controlling or Business Intelligence projects.
Trainers
Program
Day 1
08:30 Reception and distribution of materials
09:00 Welcome
Participants, program, and organization
09:30 IBCS® with SUCCESS
- Conceptual rules
- Perceptual rules
- Semantic rules
10:45 SAY and STRUCTURE
- Rules for conveying a message and organizing content
- The Pyramid Principle
13:30 Group exercise on conceptual design
- Build a storyline for a presentation by applying the Pyramid Principle
- Presentation and discussion of results
16:00 EXPRESS and SIMPLIFY
- Rules for choosing the proper visualization: Does and don’ts
- How to avoid clutter
18:00 Evening program
Sightseeing and get-together
Day 2
09:00 Welcome
Summary of Day 1
09:15 CONDENSE and CHECK
- A systematic approach for increasing information density
- Scaling rules for ensuring visual integrity
11:00 UNIFY and IBCS® notation manual
- Benefits of applying notation standards
- Topics for a standardized notation
- Corporate guidelines
13:30 Group exercise on visualization
- Design charts for the presentation of a given storyline
- Presentation and discussion of results
16:00 Enablement
- Notation concept
- Management sponsorship
- Software support
Evening home exercise
Task assignment and individual preparation of a brief presentation for Day 3
Day 3
09:00 Presentations of results
- Short presentations of the homework results
- Discussion in a plenary session
13:30 Open topics
Discussion of topics for future versions of IBCS®
14:45 Exam
Certification test with 10 open text questions about IBCS®
15:45 Conclusion
Feedback and next steps
16:00
End of course
Breaks
On all days there is lunch together at 12:30. Snacks and refreshments are served in coffee breaks at around 10:30 in the morning and 15:00 in the afternoon. After the course you are invited for an Apéro – a kind of small reception, at which snacks and refreshments are served.