What you'll learn:
- Develop an Investigative Plan (IP) of action to move your investigative inquiry forward.
- Construct an Entity of Interest Worksheet to identify who is involved in your investigative inquiry.
- Analyze an Entity of Interest Worksheet to unbiasedly understand the relationships in the investigative inquiry.
- Prepare an Association Matrix to graphically depict the Entities of Interest in the investigative inquiry.
- Determine Investigative Next Steps based on an unbiased assessment of the data gathered.
If you conduct professional investigative inquiries, you need this course! One of the most common challenges you will face as an investigator is how to organize the information you collect in an easily understood manner. You may find yourself at odds with one of two basic strategies: collect everything and sort it out later (risk of overwhelm); or sift, filter, and edit the information as it is collected (risk dismissing valuable data). In this course I will show you how to control the flow of investigative data by:
· Developing an Investigative Plan from information you mine from your case files
· Constructing an Entity of Interest Worksheet from an analysis of your case files
· Preparing an Association Matrix to ensure every entity of interest related to the case is accounted for
· Determine Investigative Next Steps based on your unbiased analysis of the Association Matrix (and other tools)
This course is designed for investigative professionals across job fields including: Attorneys, Private Investigators, Insurance Investigators, Military and Civilian Police Investigators, Fraud Investigators, Journalists, Consulting Detectives, and more! In this course you will learn how to manage your investigative inquiry, uncover hidden leads, and position your case for a successful resolution.
This is an Intermediate level course (part 2 in the Analytical Investigations Training (AIT) series) developed for practicing analysts and investigators.
