Skills
Dashboards and reporting results
A correct figure nobody reads changes nothing. Reporting is the skill that turns an analysis into a decision: choosing the indicator, the chart and the level of detail the recipient can actually act on.
Making a figure actionable
An operations director has a few minutes to read a dashboard between two meetings. What they find there determines what they decide. The skill therefore lies in ranking: three indicators that steer before twenty that document, a chart that makes the gap visible at a glance, a written definition for every measure, an automatic refresh that keeps the document alive. The programme teaches chart choice and definitional discipline in equal measure.
- Choose the three indicators that genuinely steer an activity
- Represent a gap, a trend or a breakdown without distorting it
- Automate a dashboard refresh together with its consistency checks
- Present a quantified result to a leadership team in five minutes
The volume behind the skill
You design and maintain an executive dashboard, written definitions and automatic refresh included. These hours are taught: live sessions, workshops, output reviews and assessments.
- teaching blocks
- 5
- of taught instruction
- 570 h
- credits in total
- 57
- professional qualifications concerned
- 3
Catalogue rule: one credit is twenty-five hours of work, ten of them taught.
- Business Intelligence and Steering
- 360 (63 %)
- Data Science programme — Bac+5 level
- 160 (28 %)
- Certificate in Artificial Intelligence for Business Decisions
- 40 (7 %)
- Advanced Excel
- 10 (2 %)
Its place in the programmes
This table shows where the skill lives in the catalogue. It lets you check, before applying, that the volume matches your ambition.
| Teaching block | Programme | Taught hours | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting and dashboards | Business Intelligence and Steering | 200 h | Year 2 |
| Visualisation and reporting | Data Science programme — Bac+5 level | 160 h | Year 2 |
| Dashboards and reporting | Certificate in Artificial Intelligence for Business Decisions | 40 h | Year 1 |
| Dashboards | Advanced Excel | 10 h | Year 1 |
| Steering and indicators | Business Intelligence and Steering | 160 h | Year 2 |
What this skill opens
Levels run from 4, skilled employee, to 7, expert and executive. They state the responsibility held in role.
| Professional qualification | Target occupation | Level | Taught volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Analyst | data analyst | 6 · Manager and professional | 750 h |
| SME Administrative Officer | administrative officer, all-round assistant | 4 · Skilled employee and operative | 600 h |
| Business Unit Manager | branch manager, profit centre manager | 6 · Manager and professional | 800 h |
Choosing your programme
The right choice depends on the time you have as much as on the level you target. Both appear here.
| Programme | Level | Duration | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Intelligence and Steering | Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 5 000 000 GNF per year |
| Data Science programme — Bac+5 level | Master's degree | 2 years | 7 200 000 GNF per year |
| Certificate in Artificial Intelligence for Business Decisions | Professional certification | 5 months | 3 600 000 GNF in total |
| Advanced Excel | Short course | 2 months | 900 000 GNF in total |
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