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Wayfinders Business Cooperative
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
RA
President
3
Preferred learners
  • Alberta, Canada
  • Academic experience
Categories
Market research Information technology Software development
Project scope
What is the main goal for this project?

This project will result in a predictive model for a technology industry based on open data available from Statistics Canada, Alberta or other government and non-government sources. It will enable companies within the specific industry to be aware of industry and economic trends and enable them to plan company strategic priorities accordingly.

What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?

Students will:

  1. Capture user requirements regarding industry forecasting
  2. Create a Use Case for industry forecasting
  3. Flow Chart the model processes
  4. Develop the model
  5. Test the model and
  6. Complete the working model to produce forecasts
How will you support learners in completing the project?

Students will have access to professionals: lead developer, business analyst, project manager, systems administrator as well as a development cloud site (stack: Linux, PostgreSQL, python, Django, React). Data sources include government open data sites.

What skills or technologies will help learners to complete the project?

Knowledge and skills in statistics, data science, data modelling, python programming language.

About the company

Wayfinders Business Co-operative provides management support to small businesses, freelancers, gig workers, consultants, non-profits, etc.. We offer a business community for networking, education, transactions, and business ecosystem, as well as software as a service (SaaS) on a cloud platform. This is a social enterprise incorporated as a co-operative in Alberta. We do better business together.