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Description

Data Analysis with AI: Explore, Forecast and Steer Your Activity

Make your business data speak with AI support, without falling for forecasts that look convincing but are wrong

  • 0.43 days — 3 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Activity dashboards exist but remain descriptive: last month's decline is visible, yet nothing explains what caused it or what comes next. Analytical assistants promise instant answers and sometimes produce persuasive curves built on poorly prepared data.

This short format shows how to conduct a rigorous exploration with AI support: frame the business question, check the available material, have the analyses produced, then challenge the results. Forecasting is addressed through the lens of confidence levels and the assumptions that must be made explicit.

Learning objectives

  • Translate a management question into a question that can be analysed with the available data
  • Check the quality and completeness of a data set before analysis
  • Have an assistant produce explorations and visualisations and verify their logic
  • Formulate a forecast together with its assumptions and limitations
  • Present an analytical result to senior management in a defensible manner

What makes this programme different

Analyses are carried out on an activity data set containing deliberate anomalies
Every forecast produced must be justified assumption by assumption before the group
A one-page reporting template is built during the session

Programme

1Framing the Question and Checking the Material

An analysis is only as good as its input data

  • Moving from a management concern to a question that can be analysed
  • Checking missing values, duplicates and breaks in series
  • Choosing the right level of granularity and the relevant period
  • What the assistant cannot infer about your business

2Exploring with AI Support

Produce quickly, then challenge

  • Requests for descriptive exploration and for highlighting variances
  • Visualisations matched to the question asked
  • The frequent confusion between correlation and explanation
  • Consistency checks between results and field knowledge

3Forecasting and Reporting

Presenting a figure while owning its uncertainty

  • Forecasting approaches according to seasonality and available history
  • Assumptions to be made explicit behind any projection
  • The gap between forecast and actuals as a source of learning
  • One-page reporting for senior management

Who is it for

Management controllers, business unit heads, analysts and managers required to produce quantitative analyses and forecasts.

Prerequisites

Confident use of a spreadsheet and the ability to read a structured data set.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.