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MS IT Solution- Graduate

Applied IT Project I and II Summer/Fall
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Capella University
Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Melissa Zgola
Melissa Zgola
Faculty Chair
(10)
4
Timeline
  • July 8, 2019
    Experience start
  • December 6, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
3/5 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries
Categories
Information technology
Skills
it design it evaluation user requirements communication team work
Learner goals and capabilities

What IT system improvements, new technologies, or evaluation projects can you implement to help you achieve your business 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
30 learners
Project
300 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
  • Demos and Prototypes as appropriate and given the project.

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 8, 2019
    Experience start
  • December 6, 2019
    Experience end
Project Examples

IT graduate 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, ETL processes, predictive analytics, text mining, time series forecasting, visual analytics, and classification.

  • 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.

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

  • Networking and Cloud Technology- Reviewing existing infrastructure for possible improvement (to include cost savings) or evaluating of new technologies.

  • Project Management- Developing an implementation plan for a new technology, process, department, or organizational change, or managing project control activities such as schedule development, cost analysis budget estimating, contracts, and project resources.
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available to meet with Capella learner teams at a minimum of seven times over the course of the 20-week project, to aid in kicking-off the project, to offer consultation and to allow for students to present their results.

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