The Value-Centric Data Professional · Self-pacedStay technical. Start thinking in value.
The Value-Centric Data Professional is a self-paced certification by Vin Vashishta, with 11 modules and more than 45 lessons, that teaches analysts, data scientists, ML engineers, and PMs to deliver higher-value work and communicate for impact.
You can keep the role you have. What changes is how you see the work: which problems deserve software, data, or a model, how the business makes money from what you build, and how to communicate for impact. It's the shortest path to shipping work with significant business value.
What changes in how you think.
The course moves you from taking tickets to choosing the work that matters. These are the habits you leave with.
Keep building, with a perspective that sets you apart.
Business, operating, and technology models, value streams, and product-first thinking, so you see which work matters before anyone asks.
Give your team a shared value language.
Problem, data, and solution space definitions and feasibility assessments that turn requests into projects worth doing.
11 modules, 45+ lessons.
From reframing a business problem as a data problem through C-level communications and career advancement frameworks. Built for every level, from people just starting out to senior+ data professionals.
Module 01Introduction2 lessons
- Course Outline And Content
- Benefits And Outcomes
Module 02Why Data Teams Struggle To Deliver Value3 lessons
- The Business Isn't Ready For Data
- Fitting The Data Team Into The Business
- Explaining The New Paradigm
Module 03Reframing A Business Problem As A Data Problem5 lessons
- 3 Different Problems: Software, Data, and Model
- Defining A Software Problem
- Defining A Data Problem
- Defining A Simple Model Problem
- Defining An Advanced Model Problem
Module 04Defining The Project8 lessons
- Why Define These Upfront?
- Problem Space Definition
- Data Space Definition
- Solution Space Definition
- The Feasibility Assessment
- Transforming A Technical Presentation To A Business Presentation
- A New Presentation Approach
- Selecting The Right Success Metrics
Module 05Building Data Science Requirements From User Requirements4 lessons
- The AI Last Mile Problem
- Phase 1: Commercialization
- Phase 2: Productization
- Phase 3: Monetization
Module 06Understanding The Business And Basic Strategy6 lessons
- Business Model
- Operating Model
- Technology Model
- Value Stream
- Business Strategy
- Assessment Framework
Module 07The Communications Framework5 lessons
- Introduction To The Communications Framework
- How Impact Changes Communications
- Communications Objectives
- Communications Discipline
- Creating Opportunities For Multiway Communications
Module 08Advanced Communications8 lessons
- Communicating For Impact
- Crafting Communications Objectives
- Introduction To Presentation Flow
- Slide Flow Basics
- Understanding C-Level Communications
- Gaining A C-Level Sponsor
- Pushback Strategies That Won't Get You Fired
- 3 Examples Of Communications In Action
Module 09Career Advancement Frameworks5 lessons
- There Must Be Something In It For You
- Career Roadmap: Main Career Tracks And Transitions
- Career Roadmap: Definition Points
- Aligning With Your Leader And The Business
- Finding Advocates And Mentors
Module 10Working With The Business5 lessons
- Starting With Experts
- Introducing Improvements
- Meet The Business Where It Is
- Ending Us VS Them
- Trusting And Building Trust
Module 11Product First Thinking3 lessons
- Introduction To Product Management & Why Learn This?
- Product Maturity & A More Structured Approach To Building Products
- Product First Thinking
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Built in the field. Refined in the room.
Vin Vashishta is the author of From Data to Profit (Wiley) and has applied every framework in this course with clients including Airbus, Walmart, Siemens, and JPMorgan Chase. More than 9,000 professionals in 47 countries have taken his courses.
Create your own opportunities. Define your impact.
Start immediately and keep access for a year, with a weekly office hour for live Q&A.