Assignment:
The student will choose one of the subjects and develop a research document that will contain, a problem statement, facts gathered from the subjects for the project, assumptions based on the project chosen, discussion of the project, a conclusion and recommendations based on the project chosen. The student will formulate the paper as a decision maker preparing to recommend more than one course of action for a corporate board to select. The selected project will require the student to prepare a request for proposal to be submitted to various vendors that can act as consultants or solution providers for the project.
Choose one for project:
Situation 1: A system for maintaining academic, billing, scheduling, and financial records of some 20,000 students at a major University.
Situation 2: A medical and dental claims administration and payment system for 14,000 employees of a major appliance manufacturer.
Situation 3: A system for tracking about 1,000 job applications at six different branches of a nationwide retail chain and matching the applicants to about 50 job openings per month.