Senior undergraduate students will leverage their business IT systems analysis knowledge to conduct a real-world analysis project focused on a trending IT issue for your organization. The analysis can contain technical areas, but it should be focused on matching technical capabilities with business/user needs. Examples of analyses that would be a good fit include: Software selection, system configuration decisions, system use recommendations, or system marketing.

Student teams will deliver the client a report and video presentation, which can be evaluated on the following grounds:

• Cohesive, logical flow of ideas (including a strong intro and conclusion)
• Use of graphics, tables, diagrams to effectively summarize ideas
• Use of process analysis to frame problem and or solution
• Full analysis of People, Process and IT (the full “Information System”) as appropriate
• Use of benchmarking and other business examples to frame problems and describe solutions
• Use of valuable external information sources
• Recommendation aligned with project/business goals
• Risk Analysis of proposed solution
• High-level Cost/Benefit analysis
• Overall Quality of Report
• Overall Quality of Video Presentation
• Professionalism