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Each student, independently of the team will prepare a brief summary for the week’s simulation efforts. This report will include the following information: 

1. What was your one corporate generic strategy as reviewed from our text for the week?  Break this down by your target market and your competitive advantage.  Why?  Did your overall strategy change since week 1?  Why?
2. What was your strategic action plan going into the rounds detailed in Blackboard including the reasons for the moves and how it relates to your overall strategy?  What are your objective and measurable goals for the moves?  Did you have to make operationally reactive moves not related to your strategy?  Why?
3. What was the objective, fact-based results compared to your intended moves and the reasons of these moves generally? How did your moves advance your one Generic Strategy?  Be specific.  Did you get the objective results you expected?  Why/why not?  Share any objective measures from the simulation program that are pertinent to the strategic implementation results and note any purely operational moves.  How did your competition and the external environment impact your moves?  What is your analysis of this data results compared to your intended results?
4. What do you think the next set of objective and measurable moves you will have to consider, and what will you suggest to your partners regarding next week’s moves?
5. What have you learned and how does this relate to other lessons in this course and to your career?
6. Provide a log regarding the specific dates and times that you accessed the simulation system including specifically when and how you and your teammate reviewed and discussed the simulation system data and decided on your moves to make.  A sample is provided in week 1.

Your report this week should cover periods 7 thru 8 inclusively with fact-based objective data that you analyze from both periods.  DO NOT copy from your other papers.  Each paper must be written in your own words with proper APA referencing.Your grade for each of the simulation report papers will be based on your analysis and critical thinking around the selection and implementation of the corporate strategy for your company.  Your analysis must be increasingly more thorough with each paper as you become more familiar with the simulation program and with the concepts from our course.  The grade will also include a portion based on your team’s current position and your team’s work together.  Review the required components in the grading rubric for the simulation paper.Submission Details: Your assignment will be between 1000 and 1500 words and follow APA Guidelines. Include a cover page and at least your course text as a reference. 

The final project for the course is a technical blog post related to a data analysis project you will work on piecemeal over the course of the semester. 

The project is very open ended. The objective is to demonstrate your skill in asking meaningful questions of your data and answering them with results of the data analysis using R / Rmarkdown, and that your proficiency in interpreting and presenting the results.  The goal is not to conduct an exhaustive data analysis. The data analysis part should meet the following criteria:

1. Perform exploratory data analysis summarizing your data using descriptive statistics / summary statistics and visualizations relevant to your questions or ones that highlight some interesting insight.

2. Demonstrate at least two of the following techniques we have learned in class and that helps answer your question: PCA, hypothesis testing / confidence interval, regression analysis (linear /logistic) 

Proposal

The first task is to identify the dataset, understand the data and write questions you are planning to answer using that dataset. You may pick a data set from one of the resources mentioned on this webpage (Links to an external site.).  The proposal should meet the following criteria:

1. Perform checks to determine quality of the data (missing values, outliers, etc.)

2. Proposal on what questions you are interested in answering from the data

3. Initial visualizations and if required transform to get the data ready 

A good reference for ideas on questions and EDA in general: https://r4ds.had.co.nz/exploratory-data-analysis.html#questions

More information on the format:

It should be about 2+ pages in length, not exceeding 10 with appendix. It should include roughly the following sections:

1. Background or the context of data selected – sources, description of how it was collected, time period it represents, context in it was collected if available, perhaps why you selected it

2. Description of the data – how big is it (number of observations, variables), how many numeric variables, how many categorical variables, description of the variables

3. Goal – What questions you plan to understand from the data. 

3. Analysis – Descriptive statistics and visualization of key variables 

4. Summary of findings from the analysis and further questions for future analysis

5. References – link to data or analysis sources you have referenced for the report

6. Appendix – all the visualization that does not support your questions directly can go here

Final Write-up

The project should include

1. Introduction: What is your research question? Why do you care? Why should others care? If you know of any other related work done by others, please include a brief description.

2. Data: Include context about the data covering:

a. Data source: Include the citation for your data, and provide link to the source.

b. Data collection: Context on how the data was collected?

c. Cases: What are the cases (units of observation or experiment)? What do the rows represent in your dataset?

d. Variables: What are the variables you will be studying?

e. Type of study: was it an observational study or an experiment?

f. Data clean-up: (Optional) If you had to do any data clean up (missing values, outliers, transformation), include a very brief description of your steps.

3. Exploratory Data Analysis: summarize your data using descriptive statistics / summary statistics and visualizations relevant to your questions or ones that highlight some interesting insight. Additional plots not relevant to your research question can be included in the appendix.

4. Data Analysis: Pick and perform two of the following techniques we have learned in class and that helps answer your question about the dataset: PCA, hypothesis testing / confidence interval, regression analysis (linear /logistic) 

5. Conclusion: Summarize your findings and include a discussion of what you have learned about your data through this project. You may also want to include limitations of your approach and include ideas for possible future work. 

6. References: Include links that you have referenced for this project.

CIS 22A          LAB 7
Gymnastics Meet
 

For Lab 7 you will use three parallel arrays to output the All Around winners of gymnastics competition.
INPUT
The data file you are to use is gymnasts.txt
Each line contains the following information for one gymnast:
String – name of gymnast (Store in the array for names)
Integer – age of gymnast (Store in the array for ages)
Double – score on vault (Add into sum for All Around score but do not store in an array)
Double – score on balance beam (Add into sum for All Around score but do not store in an array)
Double – score on bars (Add into sum for All Around score but do not store in an array) Double – score of floor (Add into sum for All Around score but do not store in an array)
Assume 100 is the maximum number of gymnasts.
Calculation (done in input function)
In a third one-dimensional array (type double) compute the gymnast’s All Around score by adding the scores for vault, balance beam, bars, and floor. This is best done in the input function.
In order to move the file pointer to the next gymnast you will really, really enjoy the following:
string temp;
  getline(inFile,temp);//clear n or rl (Mac) before next string
 

OUTPUT:
Output 1: Output the name, age and All Around score for each gymnast. These should be in the following format and sorted by All Around score from high to low using selection sort. Output is to be to file
2017 USAIGC/IAGC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
NAME     AGE  ALL AROUND
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX            XX                         XX.XXX                  
Sample for output 1:
2017 USAIGC/IAGC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
NAME     AGE  ALL AROUND
Isabella Alonzo  10     38.025
Amelia Aurelio   9     37.900
etc.
 
Output 2: Output the name and All Around score for each gymnast that is 10 years old. Output is to be to same file as for Output 1.
Sample for output 2:
2017 USAIGC/IAGC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
 

NAME      ALL AROUND
Isabella Alonzo       38.025
Audrey Im            37.551
etc.
THEME ISSUES: one-dimensional arrays, nested loops, if statements, file input, file output
How should you do this?
 

STEP 1 Write main() and open file. Debug.
STEP 2 Write getdata(). At this stage there is a for loop to read each of five exercises inside a while not end of file type loop. Use debug cout statements to check that the data is being input correctly. These must be removed before final submission of project. Debug.
STEP 3 Add to getdata() computation to compute All Around score and store these values in the remaining (3rd) array of double values. Debug.
STEP 4 Write function to output heading. Debug.
STEP 5 Write output function. Debug.
STEP 6 Write function to sort using selection method. The call to this function will be placed before the output function calls. Debug.
STEP 7 Write separate function to output the names and All Around scores for all 10 yr old gymnasts.
STEP 8 “Doll up” the program documentation. Debug (just in case)
Checkpoint (alias rubric)  Possible
Include name, e-mail, and lab# as comment and printed to output 3
Minimum of three (3) comments in each function
     (Purpose: Pre: Post:)
Input function fills name, age and All Around score 10
Use a selection sort to sort subject numbers. This needs to be a separate function.
A separate function must be used to output the table heading ONLY 2
Separate function to output name of each gymnast, age, and All Around score sorted from highest score to least is done in a separate output function. Output must be formatted as shown. Check that output is correct. Redirect output to a file.
Separate function to output all 10-yr old gymnast’s names and All Around score is printed to the file 

Assignment:
Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study. 

Requirements:

Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.

Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.

Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.

Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment. 

You should NOT, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.

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Case 13.3 “Dear Mr. President—Please Cancel our Project!”: The Honolulu Elevated Rail ProjectThis case is a great current example of a very expensive project that was kicked off because of an assumed need—to relieve congestion in downtown Honolulu through an elevated urban rail system.  Critics argue that in addition to having a ballooning cost, the actual planning was poorly conceived, leaving Honolulu with an intrusive and ugly rail system through the downtown area, ruining panoramic views, and impeding traffic.  Additionally, advocates underestimated the power needs for the rail system, requiring the transport authority to renegotiate electricity fees for the system.  Finally, the original costs that were assumed for the project were calculated during an economic downturn and with the economy booming again, the costs of the project have gone up dramatically.  All of these elements points to a state Governor who is anxious to be rid of the project and hoping that President Trump will deny additional federal funding, in which case the project will likely be cancelled.Questions

1. Why are public works projects like the Honolulu Rail project nearly impossible to stop once they have been approved, even if later cost estimates skyrocket? 
2. Project Management researchers have charged that many large infrastructure projects, like this one, suffer from “delusion” and “deception” on the parts of their advocates.  Explain how “delusion” might be a cause of ballooning budgets in this project.  How does “deception” affect the final project budget overruns?

Text

Title: Project Management 

ISBN: 9780134730332 

Authors: Pinto 

Publisher: Pearson 

Edition: 5TH 19

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ESSAY TYPE QUESTION (NOT AN ESSAY) (4 QUESTIONS GIVEN ) (SHOULD BE ATLEAST 2 PAGES TOTAL)

–  PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE  ARGUMENT  FOR  THE RESPONSE. 

 – INSTRUCTIONS ARE ATTACHED. 

– SHOULD STRICTLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. 

– NEED PLAGIARISM REPORT ALONG WITH WORK. *****

– APA FORMAT, IN TEXT CITATION

– Ensure there are at least two-peer reviewed sources to support your work.