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IT Value-Add Consultancy

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Capella University
Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Kathy Faggiani
Kathy Faggiani
Associate Academic Director
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Timeline
  • July 5, 2018
    Experience start
  • July 15, 2018
    Team Charter (Classroom Only)
  • July 22, 2018
    Project Plan and Deliverables Description (Client and Classroom)
  • August 12, 2018
    Preliminary IT Solutions or Recommendations (Classroom Only)
  • September 2, 2018
    Initial Draft of Project Report (Classroom Only)
  • September 9, 2018
    Presentation to Industry Clients (Client and Classroom)
  • September 14, 2018
    Experience end
Experience
1/15 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Information technology
Skills
communication it design it evaluation user requirements team work
Learner goals and capabilities

What IT system improvements can you make to help you achieve your annual goals? In this project, a team of Information Technology students will help you develop a solution for an IT challenge or opportunity you may be facing.

Learners
Any level
60 learners
Project
60 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

All industry partners will receive:

  • Project Plan (including the Statement of Work & Description of Deliverables)
  • Presentation of Solution or Recommendations (webinar format)
  • Final Project Report including an Executive Summary

Additional deliverables:

Other deliverables for this project, which may be specific to the your organization, will be determined during an initial conversation between your organization and the Capella Riipen coordinator. Deliverables will be finalized during the initial meeting with the student-consultant team.

Project timeline
  • July 5, 2018
    Experience start
  • July 15, 2018
    Team Charter (Classroom Only)
  • July 22, 2018
    Project Plan and Deliverables Description (Client and Classroom)
  • August 12, 2018
    Preliminary IT Solutions or Recommendations (Classroom Only)
  • September 2, 2018
    Initial Draft of Project Report (Classroom Only)
  • September 9, 2018
    Presentation to Industry Clients (Client and Classroom)
  • September 14, 2018
    Experience end
Project Examples

Beginning this July, IT students in teams of 3-5 will spend up to 300 cumulative hours working with your organization to develop recommendations to assist you in achieving your organizational IT objectives.

Projects examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Data Analytics- Developing reports, data integration plans, or ETL processes.

  • Data Management- Developing a data security and protection policy, reviewing data architecture, and recommending improved management practices.

  • General Information Technology- Identifying and evaluating new software applications and technologies to meet user and organization needs, or developing prototypes of custom software and systems.

  • Health Information Technology- Identifying and evaluating new software applications and/or technologies to meet needs in the healthcare industry.

  • Information Assurance & Security- Conducting an IT security review, security planning, or developing a security policy.

  • Networking (CISCO or Microsoft Technologies)- Reviewing existing infrastructure for possible improvement or evaluating of new technologies.

  • Project Management- Developing an implementation plan for a new technology, process, department, or organizational change.

  • System Development (Desktop, Mobile or Web-Based Applications)- Evaluating existing applications to recommend improvements or designing and prototyping a new application.
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Minimum of 2-4 interactions with the students remotely, or in-person if feasible (approximate minimum of 4-6 hours over the duration of the project).

Within 3 days of submitting the project interest form through Riipen, be available for a phone call with Capella's Riipen Coordinator.

Be available to schedule and attend a final webinar presentation of project results between Sept 2 - 8, 2018.

Be available to schedule and attend a meeting with the Capella learner team between July 9-13, 2018, to kick-off the project.

Provide a dedicated contact to answer periodic emails or take phone calls to address student's questions and provide timely response.