Data-Driven Decision Making

Overview

Explore the General Decision Support Model, a framework that guides effective decision-making during the analytics process and helps ensure a sound business strategy based on facts. You will practice developing the questions, understanding stakeholder needs, identifying risks and uncertainties, and analyzing plan components, and will determine how to gather and analyze data to evaluate and communicate alternatives to upper management for decision-making. Examples, relevant discussions, and the use of Microsoft Excel will provide you with value that can be transferred back to the real-world environment.

Who Attends

Participants who take this course will be individuals who gather and analyze data, as well as individuals who make decisions based on data gathered by others.

Course Level: Intermediate
CLP: 16 | CPE: 16
Duration: 2 Days

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Available Dates

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July 6 - July 7, 2026

Class ID: 264604007

Virtual

9 AM - 5 PM EST

August 13 - August 14, 2026

Class ID: 264604009

Virtual

9 AM - 5 PM EST

November 16 - November 17, 2026

Class ID: 264604013

Virtual

9 AM - 5 PM EST

Learning Objectives

Describe data-driven decision-making and the Analytics Process Model
Recognize a process to effectively use data to make decisions
Create a well-defined problem that leads to the analysis plan
Integrate the problem, analysis plan, data collected, and analysis results to make a well-informed decision
Evaluate alternatives based on the analysis
Prepare to communicate the decision to stakeholders

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Data-Driven Decision-Making

Overview

Who Attends

For Groups

Available Dates

Learning Objectives

Additional Features

Credits

This course is part of the following Management Concepts Certificate Programs:

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Elective Courses

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Course Topics

Federal Analytics Simulation: A Data Quest

Championing Data: Building a Data-Savvy Federal Workforce