Course 1 resources and citations

Module 1: Introduction to cloud computing

Resources

Helpful resources and tips

● Common problems with labs/lab troubleshooting

● Google Docs Help Center

● Google Sheets Help Center

● How to use Google Slides

Citations

Cloud computing infrastructure

● Attaran, M. (2017). Cloud computing technology: Leveraging the power of the internet
to improve business performance. Journal of International Technology and Information
Management, 26(1).

● Conrad, J. (2022, May 23). An introduction to cloud computing infrastructure. Capital

One.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Google Cloud infrastructure. Retrieved April 24, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is cloud computing? Retrieved April 24, 2023.

● Sangle, A., & Achar, C. (2022). Impact of cloud computing over traditional.
International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and
Science, 04(06).

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Cloud computing service models

● Attaran, M. (2017). Cloud computing technology: Leveraging the power of the internet
to improve business performance. Journal of International Technology and Information
Management, 26(1).

● Conrad, J. (2022, May 23). An introduction to cloud computing infrastructure. Capital

One.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Google Cloud infrastructure. Retrieved April 24, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is cloud computing? Retrieved April 24, 2023.

● Sangle, A., & Achar, C. (2022). Impact of cloud computing over traditional.
International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and
Science, 04(06).

The history of cloud computing

● Foote, K. D. (2021, December 17). A brief history of cloud computing. DATAVERSITY.

Benefits of cloud computing

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is cloud computing? Retrieved April 18, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 15). Google Cloud Platform services summary.
Retrieved November 29, 2023.

● Sangle, A., & Achar, C. (2022). Impact of cloud computing over traditional.
International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and
Science, 04(06).

Traditional versus cloud computing

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is cloud computing? Retrieved April 18, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 15). Google Cloud Platform services summary.
Retrieved November 29, 2023.

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 ● Sangle, A., & Achar, C. (2022). Impact of cloud computing over traditional.
International Research Journal of Modernization in Engineering Technology and
Science, 04(06).

Cloud data warehouses

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 29). Overview: Migrate data warehouses to BigQuery.

● Google Cloud. (2024, January 18). What is a data warehouse?

● Maayan, G. D. (2018, April 30). The difference between a traditional data warehouse
and a cloud data warehouse. DATAVERSITY.

Introduction to BigQuery

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). BigQuery. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 29). Overview of BigQuery storage. Retrieved

November 30, 2023.

● Thallam, R. (2020, September 2). BigQuery explained: An overview of BigQuery’s

architecture. Google Cloud Blog.

Module 2: Data analytics in the cloud

Citations

Steps for effective cloud migration

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Application migration. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (2023, October 9). Migrate to Google Cloud: Get started.

● Google Cloud Tech. (2020, April 21). Kickstarting your migration to Google Cloud (5
steps) [Video]. YouTube.

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Explore cloud deployment models

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What are the different types of cloud computing? Retrieved
November 29, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is a hybrid cloud? Retrieved November 29, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is cloud computing? Retrieved April 18, 2023.

● Google Cloud Tech. (2020, April 21). Kickstarting your migration to Google Cloud (5
steps) [Video]. YouTube.

Benefits of cloud deployment models

● Rasmussen, D. (n.d.). An overview of cloud computing: Fundamentals, deployment

models, and key concepts. Harvard University.

Cloud’s role in advancing data analytics

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). BigQuery. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is a data warehouse? Retrieved May 10, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 29). Overview: Migrate data warehouses to BigQuery.
Retrieved November 30, 2023.

Benefits of cloud data analytics

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing. Retrieved

November 8, 2023.

Cost considerations of cloud services

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). BigQuery pricing. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Cloud storage pricing. Retrieved May 12, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Migrate to virtual machines: Cloud migration. Retrieved

November 30, 2023.

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Cloud data analytics in different industries

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Google Cloud for healthcare and life sciences. Retrieved
November 30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Manufacturing Data Engine and Manufacturing Connect.

Retrieved November 29, 2023.

● Kumar, M. (2022, January 19). Impact of cloud computing in transportation industry.

Aeologic.

Overview of cloud architecture

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is cloud architecture? Retrieved May 18, 2023.

The Google Cloud Architecture Framework

● Google Cloud. (2023, August 17). Google cloud architecture framework. Retrieved
October 25, 2023.

Cost optimization for the cloud

● Lerma, J., Sharma, P., Yadron, A., Sallaway, A., & Kumbhar, A. (n.d.). Understanding the
principles of cost optimization [White paper]. Google Cloud.

● Sharma, P., & Nikl, T. (2023, September 28). Five ways to optimize cloud spend with
FinOps. Google Cloud Blog.

Cost optimization tips

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 29). Cost optimization on Google Cloud for
developers and operators. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

Module 3: The data life cycle

Resources

Importance of data management

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 ● Elements of a data management plan

● Writing a DMP step by step

[Supplemental] Store and use data with SQL

● SQL tutorial

Summary of the data lifecycle

● Data lifecycle management: Definition & 5 stages

● Introduction to the data lifecycle

Overview of data team roles

● How to structure your data analytics team

● Welcome to the data team handbook

Types of automation for the data lifecycle

● Options for controlling data lifecycles

● What is data analytics automation? (Plus Benefits)

Versioning and holds for accurate data

● Version control

● Version control - Research data management

Citations

Introduction to data management

● Emerson College. (2021). Data management tips for Google Workspace.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is data governance? Retrieved November 8, 2023.

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 ● The Turing Way Community. (2022). Data management plan. The Turing Way: A
handbook for reproducible, ethical and collaborative research. Zenodo. doi:
10.5281/zenodo.3233853.

Importance of data management

● Google Cloud. (2023, August 8). Analyze your data. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

● Lazzari, T. de, Akhtar, S. N., Montag, D., Ribbrock, A., Wells, Z., & Tekiner, F. (2023).
Three pillars for building a modern data strategy. Google Cloud.

Safety and privacy in the cloud

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Compliance resource center. Retrieved April 28, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Google Cloud & the general data protection regulation (GDPR).
Retrieved May 3, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Security and identity. Retrieved April 28, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is encryption? Retrieved May 3, 2023.

● Google Data Centers. (n.d.). Data and security. Retrieved April 28, 2023.

● Google Help Center. (n.d.). Understanding PII in Google’s contracts and policies.
Analytics Help. Retrieved April 28, 2023.

Stages of the data lifecycle

● Yi, M. (n.d.). Distinguishing data roles: Engineers, analysts, and scientists. Chartio.

Summary of the data lifecycle

● Google Cloud. (2023, August 8). Analyze your data. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

The data lifecycle in action

● Google Cloud. (2023, August 8). Analyze your data. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

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Common roles on a data team

● Berkeley Extension. (2019, October 18). Understanding Data Science Roles: Who Does
What? Berkeley Boot Camps.

● Brown, S. (2020, May 27). How to build a data analytics dream team. MIT Management
Sloan School.

● Stobierski, T. (2021, March 9). How to structure your data analytics team. Harvard
Business School Online.

Overview of data team roles

● Berkeley Extension. (2019, October 18). Understanding Data Science Roles: Who Does
What? Berkeley Boot Camps.

● Stobierski, T. (2021, March 9). How to structure your data analytics team. Harvard
Business School Online.

[Supplemental] Overview of data analysis and business intelligence

● Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved November 7,

2023.

● University of Houston Library. (2021, September 1). What is Data? [Video]. YouTube.

Importance of automation in the data lifecycle

● George, J., & Kraaz, M. (2023, September 22). How “Anything is Possible” automated
data pipelines with BigQuery and Windsor.ai. Google Cloud Blog.

● Google Cloud. (2023, July 17). Create a culture of automation. Retrieved November 28,
2023.

● Schlesinger, S., & Gavzy, A. (2021, July 12). Automation of the data lifecycle: Focus on
data creation. RTInsights.

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Types of automation for the data lifecycle

● Coursera. (2023, October 26). 3 types of machine learning you should know.

● Jeremiah, O. (2023, March 16). How to generate automated reports from a SQL
database using Python. freeCodeCamp.

Introduction to data retention policies

● Barney, N. (2023, June). PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard).
Tech Target.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Bucket lock.

● Office for Civil Rights (OCR). (2022, March 31). The HIPAA Privacy Rule. US Department
of Health and Human Services.

● Wagner, S., & Dittmar, L. (2006, April 1). The unexpected benefits of sarbanes-oxley.
Harvard Business Review.

Overview of version control and holds

● Google Cloud Tech. (2019, December 15). Dealing with and managing versioning
[Video]. YouTube.

● Google Vault Help. (n.d.). Get started with holds in Google Vault. Retrieved May 21,
2023.

Versioning and holds for accurate data

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 29). Version control your code. Retrieved November
29, 2023.

● Google Vault Help. (n.d.). Get started with holds in Google Vault. Retrieved September
22, 2023.

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Module 4: The role of a cloud data analyst
Resources

Data analyst job responsibilities

● A day in the life of a data analyst—What's It really like?

● What does a data analyst do? Exploring the day-to-day of this tech career

End-to-end data management

● 10 best practices for analytics success (including 3 you can’t ignore)

● Reimagine data analytics for the era of AI

Types of data access management

● IAM: There and back again using resource hierarchies

● Tips on building a network security policy in Google Cloud

Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders

● How to create a stakeholder engagement plan

● Identifying and analyzing stakeholders and their interests

The data request process

● Managing data requests

● Responding to data requests

Google Cloud's data storage and management tools

● Go from prototype to production quickly

Uses of generative AI in data analytics

● Get started with generic search

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 ● How AI is rewriting the rules of data analysis

Guide to Google Cloud Platform

● Cloud Billing documentation

● Free cloud features and trial offer

● Google Cloud console

● Google Cloud console overview

● Why Google Cloud

Interview tips

● Interview Warmup

Citations

Data analysis in the cloud

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Drive innovation with Google Cloud smart analytics solutions.
Retrieved November 28, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 27). Overview of BigQuery analytics. Retrieved

November 28, 2023.

● Google Cloud Tech. (2023, February 3). Google Cloud data analytics in 10 minutes
[Video]. YouTube.

Data analyst job responsibilities

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is cloud analytics? Retrieved November 29, 2023.

● Joubert, S. (2019, April 17). What does a data analyst do? Northeastern University.

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Overview of Google's cloud data analytics tools

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Cloud data fusion. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). BigQuery. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Dataflow. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Dataplex. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Dataproc. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Google Cloud products. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Looker. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

End-to-end data management

● Google Cloud. (2021, December 10). Google Cloud’s end-to-end data cloud demo
[Video]. YouTube.

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 29). Work with Dataflow data pipelines. Retrieved
November 30, 2023.

Data access management for secure data

● Google Cloud. (2024, January 17) IAM overview.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.) Identity and Access Management (IAM). Retrieved May 30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 27). Identity and access management (IAM). Retrieved
November 28, 2023.

Types of data access management

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 29). Overview of access control. Retrieved November
30, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (2023, November 27). Identity and access management (IAM). Retrieved
November 30, 2023.

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Introduction to business data requests

● Education Commission of the States & The National Endowment for the Arts. (2020).
The Arts Education Data Toolkit (pp. 32-38). Education Commission of the States.

● Skylight. (n.d.). Preparing a successful data request.

● Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program & National Center for
Education Statistics. (2019, May 29). SLDS Topical Webinar Summary: Managing data
requests (PDF). Institute of Education Sciences.

Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders

● Linkedin. (2023, August 17). How do you coordinate with data analysts and
stakeholders online?

● Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program & National Center for
Education Statistics. (2019, May 29). SLDS Topical Webinar Summary: Managing data
requests (PDF). Institute of Education Sciences.

Tips for ensuring accurate data

● Harvard Business School. (2017, April 5). How to analyze a dataset: 6 steps. Business
Insights Blog.

● Linkedin. (2023, October 13). How do you integrate data from multiple sources into
your data analysis?

● Longwood Research Data Management. (n.d.). Analysis ready datasets. Harvard

Medical School.

● University of Texas at Austin. (n.d.). Outliers. Statistics Online Support.

The data request process

● Linkedin. (2023, August 3). How do you manage data requests from partners?

● Skylight. (n.d.). Responding to data requests.

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Cloud data storage and management tools

● Dickinson, E. (2020, November 25). Wayfair delights suppliers and customers with help
from Google Cloud. Google Cloud Blog.

● Google Cloud. (2024, January 18). Cloud data fusion overview.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Dataflow. Retrieved June 4, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). What is cloud storage? Retrieved June 4, 2023.

● Howe-Ely, M. (2020, September 24). How to combine data from two BigQuery public
datasets using SQL. Michael Howe-Ely.

Google Cloud's data storage and management tools

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Cloud Data Fusion. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). BigQuery. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Dataflow. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Dataproc. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Cloud Storage. Retrieved September 22, 2023.

Introduction to Dataproc

● Dickinson, E. (2020, November 25). Wayfair delights suppliers and customers with help
from Google Cloud. Google Cloud Blog.

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Dataproc. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

● Informatica. (n.d.). Ephemeral clusters.

● The Cloud Girl. (2020, December 23). What is Google Cloud Dataproc? [Video].
Youtube.

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Uses of generative AI in data analytics

● Google Cloud. (n.d.). Vertex AI Search. Retrieved November 30, 2023.

● Gupta, A. (2020, September 29). Creating intelligent bots with data analytics
capabilities and beyond—A working model. Linkedin.

● Stafford, G. (2023, May 31). Generative AI for analytics: Performing natural language
queries on Amazon RDS using Sagemaker, Langchain, and LLMs. Linkedin.

Strategies for handling data requests

● Google Issue Tracker. (2022, May 22). Parent-child relationships. Retrieved June 19,
2023.

● Google Issue Tracker. (2023, October 19). Issues. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

● Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program & National Center for
Education Statistics. (2019, May 29). SLDS Topical Webinar Summary: Managing data
requests (PDF). Institute of Education Sciences.

Elements of a data request

● Education Commission of the States & The National Endowment for the Arts. (2020).
The Arts Education Data Toolkit (pp. 32-38). Education Commission of the States.

● Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Grant Program & National Center for
Education Statistics. (2019, May 29). SLDS Topical Webinar Summary: Managing data
requests (PDF). Institute of Education Sciences.

Clear documentation benefits the whole team

● Barrett, D. (2022, August 12). A data playbook. Medium.

● Blisle, P. (2015, May 13). Codebook cookbook: How to enter and document your data.
McGill.

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● California Health and Human Services Agency. (n.d.) Five plays for your Department.
California Health and Human Services Agency Data Playbook 3rded.

● Illinois Library. (2022, September 6). Introduction to data management for

undergraduate students: Data documentation.

● Social Science Research Council & The Qualitative Data Repository. (n.d.). [Interactive
online course notes on Principles of Documenting Data]. Managing Qualitative Social
Science Data, Social Science Research Council.

● University of Arizona. (n.d.). Data documentation.

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