Business Analytics- Capstone Project (Fall 2024)

BANA 6100
Closed
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Matt Rahimi
Instructor
(2)
4
Timeline
  • September 19, 2024
    Experience start
  • September 20, 2024
    Meeting between students and the business
  • September 27, 2024
    Approval of the project scope
  • October 18, 2024
    Completion of data gathering and data cleaning
  • November 1, 2024
    Generating a preliminary set of analytical outputs
  • November 8, 2024
    Refining and polishing the results based on the client's feedback
  • December 2, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Social Enterprise
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Data visualization Data analysis Data modelling
Skills
business analytics data structures consulting
Learner goals and capabilities

Students will be able to work with data, including cleaning up the data, structure the data for business applications, apply analytical tools to identify underlying patterns, interdependences, and other techniques to generate insights The final deliverables of such projects could include written report, a digital dashboard, a set of raw and cleaned data, and a PowerPoint presentation.

Learners

Learners
Graduate
Intermediate levels
5 learners
Project
25 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Primarily an analytical report, and a presentation of findings to the community partner organization.

Project timeline
  • September 19, 2024
    Experience start
  • September 20, 2024
    Meeting between students and the business
  • September 27, 2024
    Approval of the project scope
  • October 18, 2024
    Completion of data gathering and data cleaning
  • November 1, 2024
    Generating a preliminary set of analytical outputs
  • November 8, 2024
    Refining and polishing the results based on the client's feedback
  • December 2, 2024
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Analyzing the effectiveness of different advertising campaigns in different cities and regions leveraging the data gathered during the campaign period.


Analyzing the demographic change in a region and identifying pockets of opportunities for an Internet service provider


Analyzing the pool of talents in the immediate and remote markets and develop a matching protocol to match job seekers against job providers.



Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.

The company has its own data, or can help students gain access to data that is needed for this projetc