High Point University Business Analytics Capstone Project
Timeline
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January 16, 2023Experience start
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January 18, 2023Project Scope Meeting
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February 8, 2023Draft Report
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March 4, 2023Experience end
Timeline
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January 16, 2023Experience start
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January 18, 2023Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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February 8, 2023Draft Report
test
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March 4, 2023Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Databases Data visualization Data analysis Data modelling OperationsSkills
business analytics business consulting data analytics database strategy marketing strategyLooking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from High Point University to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the course of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.
Students in this program/course will work with company provided data to answer questions pertaining the company concerns. They will utilize statistical methods to transform the data into insight for making better business decisions. This includes analytics in three broad categories of descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, and prescriptive analytics. Students will use Microsoft Excel and PowerBI software to produce their work.
Learners
Deliverables are negotiable and will seek to align the needs of the students and the organization.
Some final project deliverables might include:
- A 10-15 minute presentation to the company stakeholders on key findings and recommendations
- A detailed report using dashboards including their research, analysis, insights, and recommendations
- Will offer sustainable analytics tools that your employees can use as a template to connect their company data and make their reports.
Project timeline
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January 16, 2023Experience start
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January 18, 2023Project Scope Meeting
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February 8, 2023Draft Report
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March 4, 2023Experience end
Timeline
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January 16, 2023Experience start
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January 18, 2023Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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February 8, 2023Draft Report
test
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March 4, 2023Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
Students in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.
Project activities that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:
- Provide descriptive statistics with respect to the data on hand. This include creating distribution from data, measures of location (i.e., mean, median, etc.) measures of variability (i.e., range, variance, etc.), and measures of association between variables (i.e., covariance, correlation coefficient, etc.
- Create data visualization including tables, charts, geographic information systems charts, advanced charts, and data dashboard. This includes the discussion of applications of data dashboard with respect to the identified business problem
- Statistical inference making principles will be used to deliver estimates for variable(s) of interest including point and interval estimates.
- Deliver a regression analysis of the data, if necessary, which is a statistical method used in developing an equation that describes the relationship between two or more variables of interest. This method is highly recommended when making decisions on spending significant amount of capital to build, improve, or disrupt a business process.
- Forecasting methods may be used to determine the outcome of business decisions regarding production, advertising, etc.
- Create spreadsheets models and employ what-if-analysis methods and evaluate influence variables.
We are highly interested in providing the following dashboards:
- Finance Dashboard
- HR Dashboard
- Logistics Dashboard
- Social Media Dashboard
- Sales Dashboard
- Marketing Dashboard
- Customer Analysis Dashboard
- Customer Satisfaction Dashboard
- Executive Dashboard
- Website Analytics Dashboard
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.
Provide a dedicated contact person who is available for weekly/bi-weekly drop-ins to address students’ questions as well as periodic messages over the duration of the project.
Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project.
Provide an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback.
How is your project relevant to the course?
Timeline
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January 16, 2023Experience start
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January 18, 2023Project Scope Meeting
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February 8, 2023Draft Report
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March 4, 2023Experience end
Timeline
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January 16, 2023Experience start
-
January 18, 2023Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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February 8, 2023Draft Report
test
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March 4, 2023Experience end