Data-Driven Strategy

Program Overview

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Data-Driven Strategy

Overview

The BTS Data-Driven Strategy Lab is a 3 days immersive program that creates a data perspective of business opportunities.

You will understand how data is transforming the world and how this power may boost your company to build business intelligence, create user centric organizations, understand hidden data behaviors and predict business impacts.

The Lab will also allow you to discover what the key data trends are and to learn from international perspectives and case studies.

Program details

• 3 Days Intensive Program
• Barcelona
• 2.500€

Contents

Project-based learning

Day 1. Data Management

During the subject the students will learn how to manage data, perform time series analysis and forecasting in Python. They will learn how to fit data to probability distributions and regression models, use Python/Pandas to perform general statistical analysis in their data, apply appropriate and useful Geographic Information System (GIS) tools and Geostatistics in Python to find spatial data patterns.

Day 2. Data-driven Business

Students will learn analytical skills and the most important supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms for regression, classification and clustering, to apply them to an analytic or business intelligence strategy. They will learn how to use Python libraries to run these data mining algorithms and use the trained models for prediction.

Day 3. Winner Data-Business Strategies

Students will learn what the legal barriers of the data management and the core security principles are in a Big Data project, including confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA). They will also learn the principles behind symmetric and asymmetric cryptography and they will apply them by building an end-to-end security implementation for a corporate network.

Week 4. Remote Mentorship Session

On a week 4 you will have a remote mentorship session to validate and to get feedback on your framework.

Program Structure

3 Full Immersion Days

Every day you will experience different immersive data activities

Morning session

The day will start by stimulating your creativity with informal talks about data-driven opportunities. You will learn from data leaders while you interact with other participants and professionals who will share vision, ideas and experiences about winner data-driven strategies.

Daily guest

Every day, you will meet an expert in data strategy who will introduce you to the backstage of data-driven innovation industry.

Lunch Break

We will have lunch with digital leaders while enjoying the beautiful locations of Barcelona.

Afternoon session

After lunch, we will visit a top company in Barcelona where we will have the chance to listen to their Team talking about the most advanced data strategies, management tools and methodologies.

Evening activities

Right after the afternoon session, we will recap and organize all the information that we gathered through the day. This short activity will take place in locations we can visit for cultural and social activities.

Outcome. Mentorship session

This program is designed to get a practical outcome for your company. You will get the skills and tools needed to build and adapt the Data-Driven Strategy of your company that permits to lead its change to the new digital reality.

On a week 4 you will have a remote mentorship session to validate and to get feedback on your framework.

Methodology

INTENSIVE PROGRAM

Combines advanced training methods, case studies and meetings with digital and data leaders.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Professionals, digital leaders & data leaders who will empower participants through their own experience and through their vision about the future and trends of data.

BARCELONA EXPERIENCE

Develop your digital skills in Barcelona, European capital of innovation where you will meet digital leaders and visit companies that are disrupting data strategies.

Who is this program for

Owners and CEOs

Who want to lead the change in their organizations and to drive business to digital opportunities.

General managers & managers

From medium and large corporations who need to understand the new digital economy driven by data.

Executives

Who want to boost their careers developing Data-Driven strategies based on most demanded Data Business knowledge and skills.

Program Outline

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Outline:

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Objectives:

• Understand how data is transforming the world.
• Build business intelligence and user-centric organizations.
• Identify hidden data behaviors and predict business impacts.
• Develop practical skills to apply in your own workplace.
• Experience the transformative power of technology with international leaders and program mates.

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Structure:

• 3 full immersion days in Barcelona.
• Daily sessions include:
• Guest speaker presentations from data leaders.
• Lunch with digital leaders.
• Afternoon company visits with data strategy discussions.
• Evening activities for cultural and social engagement.

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Program Content:

• Day 1: Data Management
• Time series analysis and forecasting in Python.
• Fitting data to probability distributions and regression models.
• General statistical analysis with Python/Pandas.
• Geographic Information System (GIS) tools and Geostatistics in Python.
• Day 2: Data-driven Business
• Analytical skills for supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms.
• Regression, classification, and clustering application for business intelligence.
• Day 3: Winner Data-Business Strategies
• Legal barriers of data management and security principles in Big Data.
• Confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) in data projects.
• Symmetric and asymmetric cryptography implementations.
• End-to-end security implementation for a corporate network.
• Week 4: Remote Mentorship Session

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Careers:

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Target Audience:

• Owners and CEOs leading organizational change and driving business to digital opportunities.
• Executives looking to boost their careers by developing data-driven strategies with in-demand data business knowledge and skills.

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Career Opportunities:

• The program prepares graduates for various data-driven roles across industries, including:
• Data Scientist
• Business Analyst
• Data Engineer
• Marketing Analyst
• Data Architect
• Research Scientist
• Machine Learning Engineer

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Outcomes:

• Develop a practical data-driven strategy for your company.
• Gain the skills and tools needed to lead your organization's transition to the digital future.
• Network with industry leaders and fellow participants.
• Earn a certificate of completion from Barcelona Technology School.

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Other:

• The program cost is €2,500 and includes visits to labs and digital companies, keynote speakers, meals with digital leaders, and individual consultations on your data-driven strategy framework.