Analytics for Business Decision Making
General
- 30 learners; teams of 4
- 100 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 2/5 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any
- Entertainment, Insurance, Apparel & fashion, Government, Technology, Automotive, Consumer goods & services, Banking & finance, Marketing & advertising, Travel & tourism, Business & management, Events services, Human resources & recruitment, Media & production, Publishing & printing
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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January 6, 2019Experience start
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January 25, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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February 29, 2020Midway Check In
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March 28, 2020Interim Findings and Recommendations
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April 25, 2020Final Presentations
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May 2, 2019Experience end
Timeline
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January 6, 2019Experience start
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January 25, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and organization to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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February 29, 2020Midway Check In
Meeting between students and organization to ensure that progress is on track halfway through completion.
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March 28, 2020Interim Findings and Recommendations
Submission of Draft Report includes; exploratory analysis, issues identified, interim recommendations and next steps to wrap up engagement
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April 25, 2020Final Presentations
Submission of final written report accompanied with an on-site or virtual presentation, as per client requirements.
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May 2, 2019Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Many organization face the challenges of developing information into knowledge, and then converting that intelligence into actionable decisions. Organizations demand the interdisciplinary skills of professionals that can find insights through data, and are capable of telling stories about data that can assist decision makers across various business divisions.
Your company can be part of a project by accepting to assign a task to a multidisciplinary team of students for a term of 15 weeks.
- Learner skills
- Exploratory data analysis, Data visualization, Consulting
- Deliverables
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· 3 Deliverables over a 15 week engagement period that include:
· A project proposal document
· A fully detailed written report
· An on-site executive summary presentation
Project Examples
What is included?
· Up to a 4 student multi-disciplinary teams
· 400 Hours of work or more
· A Supervising professor who supports the students and guides the project
· 3 Deliverables over a 15 week engagement period that include:
· A project proposal document
· A fully detailed written report
· An on-site executive summary presentation
Types of Projects
· Development of Reporting Dashboards with drill down analytical capabilities
· Predictive Model Development
· Marketing Research
· Customer Segmentation Development
· Customer Relationship Management Campaign Design and Implementation
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Direct costs incurred by the students that are subjected to prior approval of the hosting organization are to be reimbursed
Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
Sponsor is responsible for providing any internal data sources or access to data sources at the commencement of the project.
Sponsor must provide GBC a 1 page proposal brief that outlines the project background and proposed scope. This must be approved by the supervisor no later than 30 days prior to the commencement of the engagement