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: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

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

☐ Step 2: Knowledge Assessment & Research 🔍

Share your thoughts on key ethical concepts like data privacy and discuss which areas of ethics in Information Systems are most relevant to your company and why

☐ Step 3: Ethical Principles Decision Point ⚖️

Select three ethical issues to prioritize as core principles for your guidelines, explain your choices, and decide what practical guidelines to focus on for each one

☐ Step 4: Implementation & Scenario Analysis ⚡

Identify which area of your company would be most impacted by your guidelines, then work through a realistic ethical dilemma scenario tailored to your company and industry

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

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

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

☐ Step 1: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

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

☐ Step 2: Knowledge Assessment & Industry Analysis 🔍

Share your initial thoughts on how Large Language Models might impact your industry, identify key trends or challenges LLMs might address, and discuss potential opportunities or challenges for your company

☐ Step 3: Opportunities & Challenges Analysis 💡

Explore specific opportunities for your company to leverage LLMs and how they could create customer value, then identify risks or challenges that LLM integration might pose for your business

☐ Step 4: Competitive Advantage & Pitch Development 🏆

Determine how your company could differentiate itself from competitors when using LLMs, then develop the key points for the "Why Invest in Us?" section of your investor pitch

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

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

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

☐ Step 1: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

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

☐ Step 2: Brainstorming & Concept Selection 💭

Generate broad ideas for new hardware or software that could benefit your company by identifying challenges or opportunities in your industry, then choose which idea has the most potential to develop further

☐ Step 3: Concept Development ✨

Define what specific problem your invention solves, identify the key features it needs, determine who the primary users would be, and think through potential challenges in creating and implementing it

☐ Step 4: Prototype Design 🎨

Identify the key visual components of your invention that you want to highlight and create a basic visual prototype

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

Download and fill out your Documentation Guide and Summary Slide, update your Company Profile with your product details, and use an AI image generator to create your prototype image

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

☐ Step 1: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

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

☐ Step 2: Information Resources Analysis 📊

Identify what types of data your company will generate and collect with your new product launch, assess whether your data is structured or unstructured, and discuss how metadata management could benefit your company

☐ Step 3: Database Strategy Decision 🔍

Evaluate whether your company should transition from file processing to a database system, determine what type of database would best suit your needs, and explore key components of relational database design

☐ Step 4: Scale & Human Factors 📈

Consider whether a data warehouse makes sense for your company at this stage, think through big data challenges and opportunities, and discuss how to address human factors and implement effective Master Data Management

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

Download and fill out your Documentation Guide and Summary Slide 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: Welcome & Task 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: Scenario Creation 📝

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

☐ Step 3: Base Model Testing 🧪

Test ChatGPT with each scenario by turning off custom instructions, using the specific priming prompt provided, and interacting as a highly dissatisfied customer to thoroughly test the model's capabilities, then evaluate its strengths and weaknesses

☐ Step 4: Custom Instructions Development ⚙️

Based on your testing results and your company's ethical guidelines, develop custom instructions for CRM-GPT that address the shortcomings you identified, optimize for accuracy, and include safeguards against misuse

☐ Step 5: 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: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

Get introduced to the Digital Problem-Solving Challenge, let the AI review your Company Profile, and understand that you'll be developing an innovative solution using IoT, AI, or Crowdsourcing

☐ Step 2: Scenario Generation 🎯

Receive a custom business dilemma specific to your company that presents a critical challenge requiring an innovative technology solution

☐ Step 3: Problem Analysis & Technology Selection 🔍

Break down the key issues in your scenario, analyze potential impacts on your company, and choose which technology (IoT, AI, or Crowdsourcing) would be most effective to address the challenge

☐ Step 4: Solution Development 💡

Develop a detailed solution using your chosen technology, including an overview, technical details, unique selling point, cost considerations, and feasibility assessment

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

Download and fill out your Documentation Guide and Summary Slide, then update your Company Profile with your 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 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: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

Get introduced to the "Spot the Bias" Challenge, let the AI review your Company Profile, and understand that you'll be analyzing datasets from your company's expansion into three new regions

☐ Step 2: Dataset Generation 📁

Receive three custom datasets representing your company's regional data that you'll download and analyze for potential biases

☐ Step 3: Dataset Analysis & Initial Interpretation 🔍

Examine each dataset for trends, patterns, and anomalies, form initial interpretations, and consider what business decisions you might make based on first impressions

☐ Step 4: Bias Identification 🎯

Explore common biases like Confirmation Bias, Recency Bias, and Sampling Bias, then revisit your datasets to identify how these biases might be affecting your interpretations and business decisions

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

Download and fill out your Documentation Guide and Summary Slide with your bias analysis findings

Note: This assignment uses the Data Analysis Tool, so the conversation must be completed in one sitting to prevent timeout.

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

☐ Step 1: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

Get introduced to the Remote Company Culture Challenge, let the AI review your Company Profile, and understand that you'll be developing a solution to maintain company culture in remote work settings

☐ Step 2: Research & Technology Exploration 🔍

Investigate key elements of company culture that are impacted by remote work, identify challenges, and explore collaborative technologies that could address these issues

☐ Step 3: Proposal Development 📝

Draft your solution proposal including an executive summary, introduction to the problem, research findings, and your proposed technology solutions

☐ Step 4: Virtual Venture Capitalist Feedback 💼

Present your proposal to a separate VC chatbot for feedback, then return to discuss the insights you gained and identify areas for improvement

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

Download and fill out your Documentation Guide and Summary Slide, then update your Company Profile with your remote work solution

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

☐ Step 1: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

Get introduced to the Knowledge Management and E-Learning Challenge, let the AI review your Company Profile, and understand that you'll be developing a knowledge capture program and e-learning platform plan

☐ Step 2: Intellectual Capital & Knowledge Analysis 🧠

Explore the three types of intellectual capital (human, structural, relational) and identify examples of explicit and tacit knowledge within your company

☐ Step 3: Knowledge Management Program Planning 📋

Outline the essential steps to launch your knowledge management program, select appropriate technologies, and identify human or organizational challenges with strategies to overcome them

☐ Step 4: E-Learning Program Design 💻

Explore different e-learning approaches, select the most suitable ones for your company, and discuss how you'd implement a Learning Management System with learning analytics

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

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

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

☐ Step 1: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

Get introduced to the AI Ethics Review Challenge, let the AI review your Company Profile, and understand that you'll be conducting an ethical review of your company's CRM-GPT and other GenAI implementations

☐ Step 2: Ethics & Ethical Frameworks 📖

Define ethics in the context of information systems and describe two relevant ethical frameworks that apply to AI implementations

☐ Step 3: Ethical Issues & Intellectual Property ⚠️

Identify two key ethical issues arising from your company's AI implementations, discuss their impact on stakeholders, and address intellectual property concerns related to your AI solutions

☐ Step 4: Privacy, Security & Human Factors 🔐

Address privacy concerns, propose strategies to protect information, list steps to manage security risks, and discuss why human behavior can be the weakest link in information ethics

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

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

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

☐ Step 1: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

Get introduced to the Agile T-Shirt Design Project, let the AI review your Company Profile, and understand that you'll be using Agile methodology to create a company-branded t-shirt through iterative design sprints

☐ Step 2: Agile Understanding & Requirements Gathering 📋

Explore core Agile values and principles, receive perspectives from marketing, design, and IT teams, then prioritize your top 5 requirements for the t-shirt design

☐ Step 3: Sprint 1 - MVP Design 🎨

Create your first t-shirt design (Minimum Viable Product) using an AI image generator, upload it for feedback, and receive input from each team's perspective

☐ Step 4: Sprint 2 - First Iteration ✨

Modify your design based on Sprint 1 feedback, upload your updated design, and receive another round of team feedback

☐ Step 5: Sprint 3 - Final Design & Reflection 🏆

Create your final t-shirt design incorporating all feedback, upload it, and reflect on how the Agile iterative approach differs from traditional project management

☐ Step 6: Complete Your Documentation 📂

Download and fill out your Documentation Guide and Summary Slide with your design images and process reflection

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: Welcome & Task Setup 👋

Get introduced to the Strategic IT Project Planning Challenge, let the AI review your Company Profile, and understand that you'll be developing a comprehensive digital transformation strategy for your company

☐ Step 2: Project Definition & Management Processes 📊

Define the core objectives of your digital transformation project, make decisions about time, cost, and scope constraints, and outline key activities for all five project management processes

☐ Step 3: Success Factors & Strategic Planning 🎯

Identify critical success factors, potential failure points, and risk mitigation strategies, then address key strategic planning issues for your digital transformation

☐ Step 4: Human Factors Management 👥

Develop strategies to manage cultural changes, drive user adoption, and address resistance to ensure your transformation succeeds from a people perspective

☐ Step 5: Complete Your Documentation 📂

Download and fill out your Documentation Guide and Summary Slide to complete your final PALS chatbot assignment of the semester

Congratulations on reaching the final assignment! 🎉

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