Keep your PALS on track! 👣

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your assignment, review the grading rubric, and understand that this conversation needs to be completed in one sitting (because of the data analysis tool)

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how this assignment connects to your company's specific situation and get a clear explanation of what you'll be doing (like evaluating how a CRM system could benefit your company)

☐ Step 3: Upload Your Data 📊

Upload the Excel file you downloaded from your Business Launch Pad conversation so the AI can analyze your company's data

☐ Step 4: Turn Data Into Information 🔍

Decide which data points to combine or analyze to create meaningful information for your company, explain your reasoning, and get feedback before moving forward

☐ Step 5: Turn Information Into Knowledge 💡

Use the information you identified to make a business recommendation for your company, explain how the information supports your decision, and confirm your understanding

☐ Step 6: Think About the Big Picture 🌐

Analyze how implementing your recommendation might affect your company's market position and identify potential challenges they should prepare for

☐ Step 7: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your assignment, let the AI read your uploaded files, and review the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how this assignment connects to your company's specific situation and get a clear explanation of developing ethical guidelines for your company's use of Information Systems

☐ Step 3: Knowledge Check 🧠

Share your thoughts on a key ethical concept (like data privacy) and how it relates to your company - the AI will adjust its guidance based on your understanding level

☐ Step 4: Research Ethical Issues 🔍

Explore and identify which areas of ethics in Information Systems are most relevant to your company and explain your reasoning

☐ Step 5: Choose Your Core Principles ⚖️

Select three ethical issues to prioritize as core principles for your guidelines, explain your choices, and get feedback before moving forward

☐ Step 6: Develop Practical Guidelines 📋

For each principle, choose whether to focus on day-to-day operations, system access, or data handling, then create specific guidelines (repeat this process for all three principles)

☐ Step 7: Plan Implementation Strategy 🏢

Identify which area of your company would be most impacted by your guidelines and explain why that's the best place to start implementation

☐ Step 8: Apply Guidelines to Real Scenario ⚡

Analyze how your ethical guidelines would apply to a realistic dilemma scenario generated specifically for your company and industry

☐ Step 9: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template, then update your PALS Company Profile with your ethics focus

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your assignment, let the AI analyze your PALS Company Profile and assignment details, and review the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how this assignment connects to your company's position in your industry and get a clear explanation of developing an investor pitch about how your startup will capitalize on Large Language Model opportunities

☐ Step 3: Knowledge Check 🧠

Share your initial thoughts on how Large Language Models might impact your industry and what opportunities or challenges you see for your company - the AI will adjust its guidance based on your understanding

☐ Step 4: Research Your Industry 🔍

Explore the current state of your industry and identify key trends or challenges that LLMs might address or make worse, then confirm your understanding before moving forward

☐ Step 5: Identify LLM Opportunities 💡

Based on your research, pinpoint specific opportunities for your company to use LLMs in your industry and explain how these could create customer value or improve operations

☐ Step 6: Identify LLM Challenges ⚠️

Explore what challenges or risks LLM integration might pose for companies in your industry and discuss how these could specifically affect your company

☐ Step 7: Find Your Competitive Edge 🏆

Determine how your company could differentiate itself from competitors when using LLMs and identify what unique approach or technology combination could give you an advantage

☐ Step 8: Craft Your Investor Pitch 💰

Focus on developing the "Why Invest in Us?" section of your pitch by identifying key points that would convince investors your company is well-positioned to capitalize on LLM opportunities

☐ Step 9: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template, then update your PALS Company Profile with your LLM strategy

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your 'Invent a Device' assignment, let the AI review your uploaded profile and assignment details, and check out the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how this assignment connects to your company's position in your industry and understand the process of brainstorming, developing, and pitching a new device or software solution

☐ Step 3: Initial Brainstorming 💭

Generate broad ideas for new hardware or software that could benefit your company by identifying challenges or opportunities in your industry that technology could address

☐ Step 4: Concept Selection ✨

Choose which brainstormed idea has the most potential for your company and focus on developing this concept further

☐ Step 5: Purpose Definition 🎯

Clearly define what specific problem your chosen concept solves or what need it addresses for your company or industry

☐ Step 6: Features Identification ⚙️

List the most important features your device or software would need to fulfill its purpose effectively

☐ Step 7: User and Integration Analysis 👥

Identify who the primary users would be and figure out how your invention would integrate with your company's existing hardware or software systems

☐ Step 8: Challenge Anticipation ⚠️

Think about potential difficulties your company might face in creating and implementing this device or software, and brainstorm how to address these challenges

☐ Step 9: Prototype Design 🔧

Create a basic visual prototype by identifying the key visual components of your invention that you want to highlight

☐ Step 10: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template, update your PALS Company Profile with your product details, and don't forget to use an AI image generator to create your prototype

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your data management assignment, let the AI read your uploaded file and assignment details, and review the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how this assignment connects to your company's new product launch and understand you'll be analyzing data management needs, evaluating database systems, and exploring advanced data technologies

☐ Step 3: Identify Critical Data Types 📊

Analyze what types of data your company will generate and collect with your new product launch, and identify which data types are most critical for your company's success

☐ Step 4: Assess Data Structure & Quality 🔍

Examine whether your data is structured, semi-structured, or unstructured, assess its quality, and decide if your company needs data quality improvement initiatives

☐ Step 5: Explore Metadata Management 🏷️

Discuss the role of metadata in managing your information resources and determine how a metadata management system could benefit your company

☐ Step 6: Evaluate Database Systems 💾

Consider whether your company should transition from file processing systems to a database system, and if so, determine what type of database would best suit your needs

☐ Step 7: Design Database Concepts 🔧

Explore key components of a relational database, decide which elements to focus on in your database design, and determine how much to implement normalization principles

☐ Step 8: Consider Data Warehousing & Big Data 🏗️

Think about the potential benefits of a data warehouse for your company, decide if you should invest in building one now, and prepare for big data challenges and opportunities

☐ Step 9: Evaluate Advanced Technologies 🚀

Assess advanced technologies like distributed databases and blockchain for your company, and figure out how to address human factors and implement effective Master Data Management practices

☐ Step 10: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your 'Deciphering Enterprise Data with a Dashboard' assignment, review the grading rubric, and understand that this conversation must be completed in one sitting (because of the data analysis tool)

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how creating a dashboard will help your company with data-driven decision-making and understand you'll be simulating data, creating Tableau visualizations, and interpreting results for Finance, HR, and Supply Chain

☐ Step 3: Review SQL & Simulated Data 📊

Go through SQL statements and 30 rows of simulated data for each of your three tables - Finance (with revenue, costs, profit), HR (with employee performance data), and Supply Chain (with order costs and products tailored to your industry)

☐ Step 4: Save Your Data 💾

Prepare your simulated data for Tableau Public by either copying/pasting the tables into Excel sheets yourself or getting Excel files provided by the AI

☐ Step 5: Create Tableau Visualizations 📈

Visit Tableau Public, use the instructor-provided guidelines to connect your data, and create the required visualizations and dashboard, then let the AI know when you're done

☐ Step 6: Interpret Your Dashboard 🔍

Upload a screenshot of your completed dashboard and work with the AI to interpret what insights you can draw about your company's performance in Finance, HR, and Supply Chain

☐ Step 7: Prepare for Submission ✅

Make sure your Tableau workbook link is viewable by anyone, check that it's accessible and includes all required visualizations, and include your AI-assisted interpretation of the dashboard

☐ Step 8: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your CRM-GPT Development Assignment, understand you'll be testing and refining an AI solution for your company's customer service, and review the grading rubric

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how this assignment will optimize CRM-GPT for your specific business needs and understand you'll be creating scenarios, testing a base AI model, and developing custom instructions

☐ Step 3: Receive Customer Service Scenarios 📝

Get five customer service scenarios created specifically for your company's products/services: 1 basic query, 2 moderate issues, and 2 complex problems designed to challenge AI models

☐ Step 4: Prepare for Base Model Testing 🔧

Get ready to test ChatGPT by making sure you've turned off any custom instructions to get unbiased results from the base model

☐ Step 5: Test the Base Model 🧪

For each scenario, start a new ChatGPT conversation with the specific priming prompt, then present each scenario and interact as a highly dissatisfied and demanding customer to thoroughly test the model's capabilities

☐ Step 6: Evaluate AI Responses 📊

Analyze how well the base model handled your queries by looking at accuracy, empathy, clear communication, and problem-solving abilities, then identify strengths and weaknesses

☐ Step 7: Develop Custom Instructions ⚙️

Based on your testing results and your company's ethical guidelines, create custom instructions for CRM-GPT that address the shortcomings you identified and align with your company's values

☐ Step 8: Refine & Finalize Instructions ✨

Make final adjustments to your custom instructions to optimize responses for accuracy, include guidelines for handling queries about products you don't offer, and add safeguards against misuse

☐ Step 9: Reflect & Complete Documentation 🤔

Answer reflection questions about the base model's performance, implementation challenges, customer relationship impacts, and improvement strategies, then download and complete your Documentation Guide and Summary Slide

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your 'Understanding Digital Presence for Your Company' assignment, let the AI review your upload and assignment details, and check the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how this assignment will help your company improve its digital footprint by identifying competitors, researching their digital presence, and creating actionable recommendations using provided scorecards

☐ Step 3: Meet Your Competitor 🔍

Receive research-backed information about your top competitor (found using the internet), including their website, social media accounts, and mobile app links - ask questions if you need clarification

☐ Step 4: Complete Scorecards & Assessments 📊

Work through the provided scorecards and assessment questions to evaluate your competitor's website, social media, and mobile app, with AI support for understanding evaluation criteria and concepts

☐ Step 5: Brainstorm Mobile App Features 📱

If your competitor doesn't have a mobile app, brainstorm potential features and functionality that would be useful for a mobile app in your industry, considering customer needs and user experience

☐ Step 6: Review Your Analysis 🔎

Share your completed scorecards and analysis findings with the AI to review your observations together before moving on to creating recommendation lists

☐ Step 7: Create Do's and Don'ts Lists ✅❌

Develop 6 actionable lists (2 each for website, social media, and mobile) - identifying effective strategies to follow ("Do's") and ineffective strategies to avoid ("Don'ts") based on your analysis

☐ Step 8: Prepare Final Submission 📋

Review your complete submission package including scorecards, assessments, Do's and Don'ts lists, and any additional resources, then discuss or refine any parts as needed

☐ Step 9: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your Digital Problem-Solving Challenge, let the AI review your upload and assignment details, and check the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn about your role as part of your company's R&D team and understand you'll be developing an innovative solution using advanced technologies (IoT, AI, or Crowdsourcing) to tackle a business challenge

☐ Step 3: Receive Your Business Scenario 📋

Get a specific business challenge created for your company that presents a critical issue without hinting at any particular solution or technology - you'll need to figure out the best approach

☐ Step 4: Analyze the Problem 🔍

Break down your scenario by identifying the key issues and analyzing the potential impacts on your company before moving forward

☐ Step 5: Choose Your Technology ⚡

Decide which technology (IoT, AI, or Crowdsourcing) would be most effective for addressing your challenge and explain your reasoning

☐ Step 6: Research & Brainstorm Solutions 💡

Brainstorm innovative solutions and determine which aspects of the problem to focus on first, with guidance on the research process

☐ Step 7: Develop Your Solution 🔧

Create a detailed solution using your chosen technology by identifying and explaining the key components of your proposed approach

☐ Step 8: Complete Solution Template 📝

Work through the instructor-provided solution template sections (Overview, Technical Details, USP, Cost Analysis, Feasibility and Risks) with AI guidance but without getting direct answers

☐ Step 9: Review & Prepare for Submission ✅

Review your completed solution template, prepare your appendix of AI interactions, and refine or expand any areas as needed

☐ Step 10: Complete Your Documentation 📊

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template, then update your PALS Company Profile with your technology solution details

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your Hands-on Forecasting Challenge, let the AI review your upload and assignment details, review the grading rubric, and understand this conversation must be completed in one sitting (because of the data analysis tool)

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn about your role on your company's business team and understand you'll be analyzing historical sales data, applying forecasting techniques, calculating Z-scores, and making predictions for better stock management and growth planning

☐ Step 3: Receive Your Sales Dataset 📊

Get a simulated dataset of your company's last 60 months of sales data created specifically for your analysis (the AI won't tell you what trends are hidden in the data - you'll discover them!)

☐ Step 4: Examine Your Data 🔍

Take a close look at your company's sales data and identify any clear trends or patterns that stand out to you before moving to the analysis techniques

☐ Step 5: Apply 3-Month Moving Average 📈

Use Excel to calculate simple 3-month moving averages following the provided steps, then analyze what trends or patterns you see after applying this technique

☐ Step 6: Apply Exponential Smoothing ⚡

Use Excel to apply exponential smoothing with a 0.2 smoothing factor following the provided steps, then compare these results to your moving average method and decide which works better

☐ Step 7: Calculate Z-Scores 📏

Use Excel to calculate Z-scores for your sales data (accurate to 2 decimal places) following the provided steps, then interpret what these scores tell you about individual data points

☐ Step 8: Make Future Predictions 🔮

Based on your analysis from all the techniques, make predictions for the next data points and explain what assumptions you're making to arrive at these predictions

☐ Step 9: Write Your Analysis ✍️

Complete a comprehensive written analysis comparing the three forecasting methods and discussing how your predictions might affect upcoming product launches or seasonal planning

☐ Step 10: Review & Finalize ✅

Review your completed analysis to ensure all parts of the assignment have been addressed, then refine or expand any areas as needed before submission

☐ Step 11: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your "Spot the Bias" Challenge, let the AI review your assignment details, check the grading rubric, and understand this conversation must be completed in one sitting (because of the data analysis tool)

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn about your role on your company's business team analyzing datasets from three new regions, understand the CEO's concerns about potential biases, and get an overview of identifying biases to ensure sound decision-making

☐ Step 3: Receive Your Regional Datasets 📊

Get three simulated datasets representing your company's data from new regions created specifically for your analysis (the AI won't tell you what biases are hidden - you'll discover them!)

☐ Step 4: Examine Your Datasets 🔍

Take a close look at each regional dataset and identify any clear trends, patterns, or anomalies that stand out to you in each region

☐ Step 5: Form Initial Interpretations 💭

Based on your observations, draw initial interpretations from each dataset and consider what potential business decisions you might make for each region

☐ Step 6: Research Common BI Biases 📚

Learn about Confirmation Bias, Recency Bias, and Sampling Bias, and discuss how these biases might affect data interpretation in business contexts

☐ Step 7: Identify Biases in Your Data 🕵️

Using your understanding of these biases, revisit each dataset to identify any potential biases in the data or in your initial interpretations

☐ Step 8: Write Your Analysis ✍️

Complete a comprehensive written analysis using the provided template, addressing your initial interpretations, identified biases, their origins, and potential implications for each dataset

☐ Step 9: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your Remote Company Culture Challenge, let the AI review your upload and assignment details, and check the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn about the importance of maintaining company culture in remote work settings and understand you'll be developing solutions using collaborative technologies, including research, proposals, and feedback sessions

☐ Step 3: Research & Analysis 🔍

Investigate the key elements that define company culture in physical offices and identify which aspects are most impacted by remote work and what challenges this creates

☐ Step 4: Technology Exploration 💻

Based on your analysis, identify collaborative technologies that can address remote culture challenges and determine what types of tools would be most effective

☐ Step 5: Draft Your Proposal 📝

Work through the provided template to create your initial proposal, going through each section (Executive Summary, Introduction, Research & Analysis, Proposed Solutions) with AI guidance

☐ Step 6: Get Venture Capitalist Feedback 💼

Engage with a specialized venture capitalist chatbot using the provided link, share your completed draft, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your solution from an investor's perspective

☐ Step 7: Refine Your Proposal ✨

Based on the feedback from the venture capitalist, identify areas that need improvement and refine your proposal to address the suggested changes

☐ Step 8: Review Final Submission ✅

Review all your deliverables including the initial chatbot conversation, proposal draft, and venture capitalist feedback, then refine or expand any areas as needed

☐ Step 9: Complete Your Documentation 📊

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template, then update your PALS Company Profile with your remote technology solution

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your Knowledge Management and E-Learning Challenge, let the AI review your upload and assignment details using code interpreter, and check the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn about the importance of managing intellectual capital in today's knowledge-driven economy and understand you'll be designing a comprehensive knowledge management program and e-learning platform

☐ Step 3: Analyze Intellectual Capital 🧠

Explore the three types of intellectual capital (human, structural, and relational), define each type, and apply them to your chosen company

☐ Step 4: Explore Knowledge Types 📚

Identify examples of explicit and tacit knowledge within your company and discuss how these contribute to the organization's intellectual capital

☐ Step 5: Plan Knowledge Management Program 📋

Outline the essential steps to launch your knowledge management program and determine what technologies or tools you would use for each step

☐ Step 6: Address Human Element Challenges 👥

Identify two key human or organizational challenges that might arise when implementing your knowledge management program and propose strategies to overcome them

☐ Step 7: Choose E-Learning Approaches 💻

Explore different approaches to e-learning and determine which two approaches would be most suitable for your company, explaining your reasoning

☐ Step 8: Create E-Learning Program Plan 🏗️

Outline key elements of your e-learning program including the Learning Management System (LMS) you would use and how you'd incorporate learning analytics

☐ Step 9: Review Your Complete Plan ✅

Review all sections of your plan including intellectual capital analysis, knowledge contribution, program launch steps, human challenges, e-learning approaches, and program creation, then refine or expand any areas as needed

☐ Step 10: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your AI Ethics Review Challenge, let the AI review your upload and assignment details using code interpreter, and check the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn about the importance of ethical considerations in AI-driven business environments and understand you'll be conducting a comprehensive ethical review of your company's AI implementations like CRM-GPT

☐ Step 3: Define Ethics & Frameworks ⚖️

Define ethics in the context of information systems and describe two relevant ethical frameworks, discussing how you would approach this foundational task

☐ Step 4: Identify AI Ethical Issues 🚨

Identify two key ethical issues arising from your company's AI implementations (particularly CRM-GPT) and analyze how these issues might impact various stakeholders

☐ Step 5: Address Intellectual Property Concerns 🔒

Identify an intellectual property issue related to your AI solutions and discuss a technology or method that could address this concern

☐ Step 6: Analyze Privacy & Security Risks 🛡️

Identify privacy concerns with your AI implementations, propose a strategy to protect information privacy, and list two steps to manage security risks related to AI systems

☐ Step 7: Examine Human Behavior Factors 👥

Explain why human behavior can be the weakest link in information ethics and security, then suggest a method to mitigate human-related weaknesses in your company

☐ Step 8: Develop Strategies & Framework 📋

Summarize strategies for addressing ethical issues while maintaining AI benefits and outline a simple framework for ongoing ethical evaluation of AI implementations

☐ Step 9: Review Your Ethical Assessment ✅

Review all sections of your work including ethics definitions, ethical issues, intellectual property concerns, privacy and security risks, human behavior factors, and proposed strategies, then refine or expand any areas as needed

☐ Step 10: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template, then update your PALS Company Profile with your AI ethics strategy

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your Agile T-Shirt Design Project, let the AI review your upload and assignment details, and check the grading rubric to understand how your work will be assessed

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn how this project connects to your specific company profile and understand how Agile methodology offers flexibility and efficiency that could benefit your company's unique characteristics and goals

☐ Step 3: Understand Agile Methodology 📚

Explore the core values and principles of Agile methodology, focusing on collaboration, flexibility, and customer satisfaction concepts

☐ Step 4: Gather T-Shirt Requirements 👥

Receive perspectives from Marketing, Design, and IT teams about their goals and considerations, then prioritize the top 5 requirements for your t-shirt design

☐ Step 5: Sprint 1 - Create Your MVP 🎨

Develop your initial t-shirt design (Minimum Viable Product) that addresses the most critical requirements, use the image generator from class, and upload your first iteration for feedback

☐ Step 6: Receive Team Feedback 📝

Get specific feedback from all three teams (each providing one positive comment and two suggestions) and plan how you'll incorporate this feedback into your next iteration

☐ Step 7: Sprint 2 - Second Iteration 🔄

Modify your t-shirt design based on Sprint 1 feedback, make specific changes to enhance the design, use the image generator again, and upload your updated design

☐ Step 8: Sprint 3 - Final Design & Mockup ✨

Make final adjustments to ensure your design meets all key requirements, create a final mockup, use the image generator one more time, and upload your completed design

☐ Step 9: Document the Agile Process 📋

Record each sprint cycle including steps taken, feedback received, and how it was incorporated, then compare this Agile approach with traditional project management methods like Waterfall

☐ Step 10: Complete Your Documentation 📊

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your Software Procurement Strategy Challenge, check the grading rubric, and understand this conversation must be completed in one sitting (because of the data analysis tool)

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Overview 🎯

Learn about the importance of informed software procurement decisions and get an overview of the 3 make-or-buy scenarios you'll evaluate: SCM system, Collaboration Platform, and ERP system

☐ Step 3: SCM System Introduction 🚚

Learn about the first scenario involving a Supply Chain Management system and understand your two options: develop a custom system in-house or purchase an off-the-shelf solution

☐ Step 4: Review SCM Comparison Table 📊

Receive a comparison table for the SCM system options based on 5 key criteria: Customization Needs, Cost Considerations, Implementation Timeframe, Scalability and Flexibility, and User Adoption and Training

☐ Step 5: Make SCM Decision ✅

Analyze the SCM comparison table, determine which option is better for your company, and explain your decision and reasoning based on the criteria

☐ Step 6: Collaboration Platform Analysis 💻

Learn about the second scenario (Collaboration Platform for Hybrid Work), receive a comparison table based on 5 criteria (Cultural Fit, Ease of Use, Feature Requirements, Cost Evaluation, Security and Privacy), then decide which option suits your company and provide your reasoning

☐ Step 7: ERP System Analysis 🏢

Learn about the third scenario (Enterprise Resource Planning system), receive a comparison table based on 5 criteria (Customization Needs, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Implementation Timeframe, Scalability and Future-Proofing, User Training and Support), then choose the better option and justify your choice

☐ Step 8: Discuss Human Element 👥

Explore how human factors influence make-or-buy decisions by identifying at least 2 critical roles the human element plays and explaining how these affect your decisions

☐ Step 9: Wrap Up & Final Questions 🎊

Celebrate completing your analysis and ask any final questions or seek clarification on any topics before finishing

☐ Step 10: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖

☐ Step 1: Introduction & Setup 👋

Get introduced to your Strategic IT Project Planning Challenge and let the AI review the project requirements for your company's digital transformation project

☐ Step 2: Assignment Context & Goals 🎯

Learn about the importance of careful planning in digital transformation and understand you'll be developing a comprehensive strategy covering project management processes, tools, success factors, and human elements, then review the grading rubric

☐ Step 3: Define Project Parameters 📋

Define the core objectives of your digital transformation project and make key decisions about time, cost, and scope constraints for modernizing IT infrastructure

☐ Step 4: Apply Project Management Processes ⚙️

Outline specific actions for each of the five project management processes: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing

☐ Step 5: Select Project Management Tools 🛠️

Choose an appropriate project management software tool and determine how to best utilize its features for your transformation project based on important criteria

☐ Step 6: Identify Success & Risk Factors ⚖️

Identify critical success factors for your project and potential failure points, then develop strategies to mitigate these risks

☐ Step 7: Develop Strategic Planning Elements 🎯

Identify key strategic planning issues that require attention and develop appropriate strategies to address them for your transformation project

☐ Step 8: Manage Human Factors 👥

Develop strategies to effectively manage the human aspects of transformation including cultural change and user adoption challenges

☐ Step 9: Review & Integrate Your Plan ✅

Review all components of your strategic IT project plan (project definition, management processes, tools, success factors, strategic planning, and human factors) and refine any areas that need improvement

☐ Step 10: Complete Your Documentation 📝

Download and fill out the required Documentation Guide and Summary Slide template to finish your assignment, with AI support available to point you to relevant conversation parts if needed

Remember: If your PAL gets too complex, just ask them to simplify things for you! 🤖