This course refers to the combination of skills, technologies, applications and processes used by organizations to gain insight into the business, based on data and statistics to drive business planning. This insight is being used to drive intelligent business decisions and it will support the challenging process of decision making. Business analytics is the practice of methodical exploration of an organization’s data, with an emphasis on statistical analysis. Business analytics is used by organizations committed to data-driven decision-making. The course covers the study of data through statistical and operational analysis, the formation of predictive models, application of optimization techniques, and the communication of these results to the customers & business partners.