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IBM Data Management Professional Certificate
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IBM Data Management Professional Certificate

Get job-ready for your first data-related role. Build skills and hands-on experience employers are looking for & power up your resume in less than 3 months. No degree or prior experience required.

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3 months at 10 hours a week
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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

(207 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
3 months at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • Complete set of job-ready skills to kickstart your career as a data manager in less than 6 months. No prior experience required. 

  • Practical, hands-on skills using essential tools such as spreadsheets, business intelligence (BI), databases, and SQL.

  • Key skills for collaborating across teams, aligning data strategies with business objectives, and communicating data insights using visualizations.

  • A solid foundation of data management concepts, including cloud environments, data processing, integration, storage, scalability, and security.

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Taught in English
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March 2025

130 practice exercises

Professional Certificate - 12 course series

What you'll learn

  • List basic skills required for an entry-level data engineering role.

  • Discuss various stages and concepts in the data engineering lifecycle.

  • Describe data engineering technologies such as Relational Databases, NoSQL Data Stores, and Big Data Engines.

  • Summarize concepts in data security, governance, and compliance.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Pipelines
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Big Data
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: SQL
Category: NoSQL
Category: Apache Spark
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Data Governance
Category: Data Security
Category: Data Storage
Category: Apache Hadoop
Category: Apache Hive
Category: Data Science

What you'll learn

  • Display working knowledge of Excel for Data Analysis.

  • Perform basic spreadsheet tasks including navigation, data entry, and using formulas.

  • Employ data quality techniques to import and clean data in Excel.

  • Analyze data in spreadsheets by using filter, sort, look-up functions, as well as pivot tables.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Data Quality
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Data Science
Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Data Entry
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Describe the fundamental concepts of statistics and apply them to business and data analytics settings.

  • Apply data collection, analysis, and interpretation techniques to derive actionable insights for making informed business decisions.

  • Apply descriptive and inferential analysis methods to derive insights and actionable recommendations from data.

  • Apply hypothesis testing, regression analysis, and forecasting to support business decision-making processes.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Probability Distribution
Category: Descriptive Statistics
Category: Regression Analysis
Category: Forecasting
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Statistics
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Statistical Methods
Category: Probability & Statistics
Category: Sales
Category: Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Category: Data Visualization

What you'll learn

  • Create basic visualizations such as line graphs, bar graphs, and pie charts using Excel spreadsheets.

  • Explain the important role charts play in telling a data-driven story. 

  • Construct advanced charts and visualizations such as Treemaps, Sparklines, Histogram, Scatter Plots, and Filled Map Charts.

  • Build and share interactive dashboards using Excel and Cognos Analytics.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Tree Maps
Category: Dashboard
Category: Histogram
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: IBM Cognos Analytics
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Analytics
Category: Looker (Software)
Category: Data Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Describe data, databases, relational databases, and cloud databases.

  • Describe information and data models, relational databases, and relational model concepts (including schemas and tables). 

  • Explain an Entity Relationship Diagram and design a relational database for a specific use case.

  • Develop a working knowledge of popular DBMSes including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and IBM DB2

Skills you'll gain

Category: Relational Databases
Category: Database Design
Category: SQL
Category: PostgreSQL
Category: MySQL
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Integrity
Category: IBM DB2
Category: Database Systems
Category: Databases
Category: Data Structures
Category: Data Security
Category: Database Management
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: Data Modeling

What you'll learn

  • Analyze data within a database using SQL.

  • Create a relational database on Cloud and work with tables.

  • Write SQL statements including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE.

  • Build more powerful queries with advanced SQL techniques like views, transactions, stored procedures and joins.

Skills you'll gain

Category: SQL
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Stored Procedure
Category: Query Languages
Category: Transaction Processing
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Databases
Category: MySQL
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Database Design

What you'll learn

  • Job-ready data warehousing skills in just 6 weeks, supported by practical experience and an IBM credential.

  • Design and populate a data warehouse, and model and query data using CUBE, ROLLUP, and materialized views.

  • Identify popular data analytics and business intelligence tools and vendors and create data visualizations using IBM Cognos Analytics.

  • How to design and load data into a data warehouse, write aggregation queries, create materialized query tables, and create an analytics dashboard.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Snowflake Schema
Category: Star Schema
Category: Data Lakes
Category: Data Mart
Category: IBM DB2
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Storage
Category: SQL
Category: Query Languages
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Data Storage Technologies
Category: Database Architecture and Administration
Category: Database Design
Category: Data Quality

What you'll learn

  • Understand Tableau's fundamental concepts, significance in data visualization, diverse product range and key features crucial for data professionals.

  • Analyze and evaluate the capabilities of Tableau Public as a powerful Business Intelligence (BI) tool for data visualization and analysis.

  • Implement relationships between data tables, use Tableau calculations for analytics, empower user interaction, and apply filters and highlighting.

  • Develop expertise in Tableau dashboard design principles, organize visual elements effectively, and apply best practices for interactive dashboards.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Tableau Software
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Dashboard
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Real Time Data
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Data Presentation

What you'll learn

  • Build valuable applied data storage, integration, and migration skills employers need. 

  • Gain hands-on experience using industry-specific data tools.

  • Demonstrate you understand data-related best practices and can apply methodologies through industry-standard processes. 

  • Showcase your ability to solve problems related to data processes that you can talk about in interviews.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Migration
Category: Data Integration
Category: Cloud Storage
Category: Data Storage
Category: Data Security
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Data Loss Prevention
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Data Management

What you'll learn

  • Develop and implement effective data privacy and security strategies.

  • Understand and apply security measures to protect and govern organizational data.

  • Conduct risk assessments and implement appropriate risk management practices.

  • Navigate and comply with relevant legal and regulatory compliance requirements.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Governance
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Data Security
Category: Encryption
Category: Regulatory Compliance
Category: Personally Identifiable Information
Category: Compliance Management
Category: Risk Management
Category: Cybersecurity
Category: Data Management
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Data Quality
Category: Incident Response
Category: Identity and Access Management

What you'll learn

  • Integrate valuable applied data management skills employers need for a wide range of data-related roles in a culminating project. 

  • Gain hands-on experience using industry-specific data tools including Excel, SQL, PostgreSQL, Tableau, etc.

  • Demonstrate best practices and apply those methodologies through industry-standard processes, data design, governance, security, and reporting.

  • Showcase your ability to solve problems relevant to working with data that you can discuss with colleagues and prospective employers.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Data Governance
Category: SQL
Category: Data Security
Category: MySQL
Category: Tableau Software
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Data Warehousing
Category: Database Design
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Databases
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Management
Category: Database Management
Category: Personally Identifiable Information

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate your CompTIA Data+ exam readiness with practice exercises using real-world scenarios and statistical methods for data-driven decisions.

  • Summarize the CompTIA Data+ (DA0-001) certification process, including eligibility criteria, objectives, resources, and associated costs.

  • Explain core competency areas of the certification, including data mining, manipulation, basic statistical methods, and governance standards.

  • Identify and apply tools and techniques for analyzing complex datasets to derive insights aligned with business requirements.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Management
Category: Data Security
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Quality
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: Test Planning
Category: Test Tools
Category: Databases
Category: Data Governance

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