Tableau for Data Driven Decision Makers
The visualization is beautiful. Is it true?
Tableau is very good at making things look convincing. That is a strength when the underlying analysis is sound and a serious risk when it is not, because a well-designed chart short-circuits scrutiny in exactly the audience that most needs to apply it.
This workshop trains that scrutiny. Participants learn to interrogate a visualization rather than absorb it: what is filtered, what is excluded, what the axis is doing, and what the design is emphasizing. Over two days there is room to build real fluency rather than a vocabulary.
Senior leaders use this where Tableau is the organization's analytics platform and decisions are made in front of dashboards. It is deliberately not a Tableau Desktop authoring course; participants explore and interrogate rather than build. Managers on Power BI want Power BI for Data-Driven Decision Makers instead.
Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This workshop is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other data analytics and data literacy workshops.
This course includes
- Live, instructor led workshop delivered across four 4-hour sessions
- Hands on exploration of your organization's real Tableau dashboards
- Techniques for interrogating filters, aggregation, and design choices
- Self-service exploration so you answer your own follow-up questions
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Description
Day one is reading. Participants learn what a Tableau dashboard is actually showing: the filters in play, the level of aggregation, what is excluded, and how the same data can support several visual stories. They work through design choices that clarify and choices that distort, using their own organization's dashboards.
The rest of day one is self-service. Participants learn to explore a published dashboard themselves, filter and drill without breaking anything or asking anyone, and answer their own follow-up question. This is where most of the time saving lives, for them and for the analysts who currently field those requests.
Day two is judgment and the conversation. Participants practice reaching a decision they can defend from what they can see, recognizing when the visualization cannot support the conclusion they want, and asking an analyst for something specific and achievable rather than for another dashboard.
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Interrogate a visualization rather than absorb it
- Identify filters, aggregation level, and what is excluded
- Tell a design choice that clarifies from one that distorts
- Explore and filter a published dashboard yourself
- Answer your own follow-up question without a new request
- Reach a decision you can defend from what you can see
- Recognize when a visualization cannot support the conclusion
Details
Duration
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this workshop. It assumes no Tableau experience and does not cover building dashboards in Tableau Desktop. It is designed for leaders and managers who consume visual analytics.
Your Data Analytics Training Goals, Customized to You
DWC provides expert data analytics and data literacy training aligned to your organization’s needs, your funding requirements, and your participants’ skill levels. With customization at every level, from content to scheduling to delivery format, DWC builds data analytics and data literacy training programs that produce measurable outcomes.
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Tuition
Tableau for Data Driven Decision Makers is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $695 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
- Optional courseware: the Tableau Desktop: Data Visualization & Analysis Student Guide (Logical Operations) is available at $65 per participant and is not included in the course price
Colorado state agencies, higher education institutions, cities, counties, school districts, and certified nonprofits may purchase this course directly through our State of Colorado Price Agreement. Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.