This module will be a compulsory work-based module on the MSc Digital and Technology Solutions Professional level 7 degree apprenticeship. It will provide degree students with the methodological skills to manage a project related to big data, both in terms of managing time/schedule, as well as in terms of tools and technologies (which are covered in more technical detail in other modules). It will encompass the whole pipeline of the data analysis process, including obtaining and checking data, its analysis, and the evaluation of the results, including the potential feedback loop to evolve/improve the various steps of the process. Students will rely on data from their own workplace context and apply the methodology taught in this module to illustrate the importance of managing the whole pipeline for making the best possible use of data and big data techniques. 

This module will provide degree apprentices with the methodological skills to manage a big data project, both in terms of managing time/schedule and in terms of tools and technologies. It will encompass the whole data analysis pipeline, including obtaining and checking data, analysis, results evaluation, and feedback loop to evolve/improve the process. Degree apprentices will also gain practical experience in applying the taught methodology to data drawn from their own workplace context.