Due to the nature of the course, as a course available for all majors within the Faculty of Business and Information Technology, it frequently occurs that projects will have students from a variety of backgrounds. In many instances, it may be an asset to have students from different faculties to have a diverse range of knowledge and skill working towards the objective.

Below are a number of framework examples with projects that are suitable for students from a combination of majors.

Technology Management & Human Resources

Internal HR Software Redesign

The client desires to upgrade their processes for employee management, specifically their performance evaluation tool. The goal is for this tool to be interactive, user-friendly, and relevant to our staff to assist with adoption.

1. Research the needs and challenges of the team, and what is needed of the tool.
2. Research and identify performance management options available.
3. Create a preliminary re-design of this tool to ensure targets, goals, and performance issues are being documented and called upon. Create a rollout or pilot plan that identifies the team’s needs to consider in adopting the new tool.

Technology Management (IT & Commerce)

Prospective CRM Evaluative Study

The client’s sales team has grown rapidly, and the sales pipeline has become difficult to manage through spreadsheets and Google documents. They would like the team to provide them with a comparison report of the top CRMs available and make a recommendation, based on their specific needs.

1. Complete Internal Research: interview sales team, understand pain points and priorities, review company values and goals.
2. Complete External Research: consider core features, pricing, features, constraints, usability, implementation, training, learning curve, existing system integration, security features, customizability, etc. for several CRMs.
3. Complete a recommendation report which includes the selected CRM and reasoning for choice, as well as recommendations for implementation, timeline, and financial breakdown.

Finance & Commerce

Pricing Model Development

The client wants to develop and test pricing model options to recommend the best solution for their needs.

1. Research: Evaluate the current pricing structure (if there is one), research organizational costs, target customer, revenue targets, business goals. Compare to competitors pricing structures as well as industry best practices, review the competitive landscape of the market.
2. Organize focus groups, surveys, customer interviews, or targeted online ads to A/B test potential pricing models and receive feedback.
3. Present findings as well as recommendations in a written report including an Executive Summary that illustrates your research findings and recommendations on our pricing model, as well as a visual presentation of your research findings and recommendations.

Sales Forecasting Analysis

The client wants the group to analyze organizational assets such as personnel, strategic records, business plan, and pricing/promotional information to construct a sales forecast on their behalf.

1. Research
   1. Review sales run date, track historical trends
   2. Monitor competitor activities
2. Compare and Predict
   1. Compare TY and LY forecasting
   2. Include projectable market-shifting events
   3. Incorporate current business plan
3. Report
   1. 10 Page written report including details of the forecasting analysis and insights. This should include:
      1.  Sales forecast for the next 12 months with monthly projects
      2. Annual sales forecast for the following two years

Proposal for Reducing Operational Costs

The client wishes to specifically know how a shift to a virtual office may impact the finances of the organization.

1. Investigate current client costs.
2. Investigate the costs that would be incurred during the shift, as well as costs if the office were to run virtually.
3. Submit a comparison highlighting the more cost-effective option, showing a 2-5-10 year project of re-occurring costs.