Data-Driven Decision-Making
A practical professional programme focused on data-driven decision-making, designed to strengthen digital capability, technology adoption and data-informed performance.
- Type
- Professional
- Level
- Advanced
- Duration
- 5 days
- Delivery
- In person, Live online, In-house
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Data-Driven Decision-Making develops the capability to use evidence, analytics and structured reasoning to improve managerial and organisational decisions.
The programme examines decision framing, data quality, metrics, analytical evidence, uncertainty, bias, dashboards, scenarios and evidence-based recommendations.
Participants learn how to distinguish useful evidence from noise and combine data with professional judgement to make better decisions.
Objectives
Strengthen evidence-based decision-making capability.
Frame decisions and analytical questions clearly.
Evaluate data quality and relevance.
Interpret metrics and analytical evidence critically.
Communicate recommendations under uncertainty.
Learning outcomes
Define decision problems and evidence requirements.
Identify relevant data and performance measures.
Evaluate analytical findings and limitations.
Recognise common decision biases.
Develop clear evidence-based recommendations.
Who it is for
Managers and decision-makers.
Analysts and business-intelligence professionals.
Strategy and planning teams.
Project and programme managers.
Professionals responsible for performance and decision support.
Programme modules
1. Decision-Making with Data
Decision framing
Evidence requirements
Questions and hypotheses
Decision criteria
2. Data Quality and Relevance
Accuracy
Completeness
Timeliness
Relevance
3. Metrics and Performance Evidence
KPIs
Benchmarks
Trends
Leading and lagging indicators
4. Analytical Interpretation
Correlation and causation
Comparisons
Uncertainty
Limitations
5. Bias and Decision Quality
Confirmation bias
Anchoring
Selection bias
Challenging assumptions
6. Recommendations and Decision Communication
Options
Scenarios
Trade-offs
Decision-focused reporting
Methodology
The programme combines decision frameworks, analytical cases, dashboard interpretation and bias-awareness exercises. Participants work through realistic decisions using structured evidence and professional judgement.
Assessment
Assessment includes evidence-based decision exercises and a final applied assignment requiring participants to analyse a defined decision problem and develop justified recommendations.
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
For your organisation
This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.
Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.
Upcoming sessions
No dates are scheduled at present.
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