We’re going to jump right into our first loop.  Additionally, we’re going to handle characters (rather than numbers).  This program asks the user if they want to continue running the loop.  As long as they don’t answer “Y” or “N” the loop continues.

Notice we also introduce the && symbol to mean “AND” and we’re using a char variable.  

Here’s the Flowchart:

And here is the code:

And here is the output:

Now, re-create the flowchart in Flowgorithm and run the code in your Dev C++ compiler.

Upload your flowgorithm file, .c file, and a screen shot of your code output saved in a Word document including the path name directory at the top of the screen into the dropbox for grading.

Before You Begin

• This assignment will be saved to your Tableau Public account rather than GitHub.
• If you haven’t already, be sure to create a Tableau Public account here.
• The free tier of Tableau only lets you save to their public server. This means that each time you save your file it will be uploaded to your Tableau Public profile.
• You are able to load and continue working on the same workbook.
• When you are finished with your assignment, you will turn in the URL to your Tableau Public workbook along with any additional files used for your analysis.

Background 

Picture…hosting a nice holiday party for close friends… having prepared all of the expected holiday hors d’oeuvres and the most beautiful charcuterie board in the world.. holiday music playing in the background. But wait….how could you possibly make this party any better…… WINE.

 The importance of selecting a wine to pair with food makes or breaks the flavor combination. With so many options for different types of white and red wines, we are giving you an inside look at the quality of wine and what truly contributes to choosing the better quality. We will be analyzing different traits in both white and red wine such as alcohol content, sugar levels, acidity, color, etc. to gain a better understanding on how each contributes to the quality. 

Task

Your task in this assignment is to aggregate the data found in the Wine Quality dataset from Kaggle. 

Analyzing different traits in both white and red wine such as alcohol content, sugar levels, acidity, color, etc. to gain a better understanding on how each contributes to the quality. 

Design 2-5 visualizations for each discovered phenomena (4-10 total).  

Next, as a chronic over-achiever:

• Use your visualizations (does not have to be all of them) to design a dashboard for each phenomena.
• The dashboard should be accompanied with an analysis explaining why the phenomena may be occuring.

 A link to your Tableau Public workbook that includes:

• 4-10 Total “Phenomenon” Visualizations
• A Dashboard
• A text write up :  analysis on the phenomenons you uncovered from the data

Sharing Your Work

In order to share your work, we are asking that you will save your workbook as a .twbx file so that your TA’s can grade them.

To save your workbook as a .twbx file, you will just need to select “Save As…” from the “File” dropdown. Then, select the .twbx option.

 Chapter 3: Operations Strategy & Ch. 4: Product & Service Innovation Any company, regardless of size, product or service, is one to which you can apply the principles of operational excellence. The basis for this paper will be either a factual case from your own work experience or a published case. For this paper, you will describe the situation in the case and then apply appropriate principles of operations strategy (Ch. 3) and product and service innovation (Ch. 4). The case should be treated as a problem presented to you by your company’s top management for analysis and a recommended course of action. In the paper, you will discuss and make a recommendation for improvement in the operations of the company based on the concepts you learned in chapters three and four. Your paper should be at minimum 8 double-spaced paragraphs. Each paragraph should contain at minimum 4 sentences. Your paper will include the following. Paragraph 1: Company Overview Paragraph 2: Situation/Problem Paragraphs 3-5: Recommendations from Ch. 3: Operations Strategy Paragraphs 6-8: Recommendations from Ch. 4: Product & Service Innovation References must be formatted in APA. Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a zero grade.  

In the last week of class, we are going to complete a reflection activity.

 This discussion topic is to be reflective and will be using your own words (500 words) and not a compilation of direct citations from other papers or sources. You can use citations in your posts, but this discussion exercise should be about what you have learned through your viewpoint and not a re-hash of any particular article, topic, or the book.

Items to include in the initial thread: 

• “Interesting Assignments” – What were some of the more interesting assignments to you? 
• “Interesting Readings” – What reading or readings did you find the most interesting and why? “Interesting Readings”
• “Perspective” – How has this course changed your perspective? 
• “Course Feedback” – What topics or activities would you add to the course, or should we focus on some areas more than others? 

Task

based on the Virtucon/Globex scenario,

You are required to develop a charter for the Project including:

Include the Project description and overview you developed as part of Assessment 2.

Part One:
MOV – Measurable Organisational Value
(This is the goal of the project and is utilised to define the value that your team project will bring to your client)
•Identify the desired area of impact – Rank the following areas in terms of importance: Strategy / Customer / Financial / Operational / Social
•With reference to your project, identify one or two of the following types of value:

• Better – is improving quality important to your client?
• Faster – does your client want to increase efficiency?
• Cheaper – is cutting costs important?
• Do more – does your client want to continue its growth?

•Develop an appropriate metric – this sets the target and expectation of all the stakeholders. It is important to determine a quantitative target that needs to be expressed as a metric in terms of an increase or decrease of money.
•Determine the timeframe for achieving the MOV – ask yourselves, when do we want to achieve this target metric?
•SUMMARISE THE MOV IN A CLEAR CONCISE STATEMENT OR TABLE

(Note: the MOV should inform everyone what the project will achieve, not how it will be achieved. It should also focus on the organisation, not on the technology that will be used to build or support the information system).

Part Two:
Define Scope and produce a Scope Management Plan
Define the scope of the project and detail how the scope will be managed.
Provide a list of Resources
Identify and detail the resources for the project using MS Project where appropriate, including:

• People (and their roles), plus any extra personnel that is required for the project.
• Technology – any hardware, network and software needs to support the team and your client.
• Facilities – where will most of the teamwork be situated?
• Other – for example, travel, training etc.

Part Three: 

Using MS Project, develop a schedule using a high level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). It should include:

• Milestones for each phase and deliverable
  • This will tell everyone associated with the project that the phase or deliverable was completed satisfactorily.
• Activities / Tasks
  • Define a set of activities / tasks that must be completed to produce each deliverable.
• Resource Assignments
  • Assign people and resources to each individual activities.
• Estimates for Each Activity / Task
  • Develop a time estimate for each task or activity to be completed.
• Project Budget
  • Develop a budget using the time and resources estimated for each task or activity

A summary of the WBS should be clearly provided in the report. Your MS Project (or Project Libre) file must also be submitted for marking.

Part Four: 

Project Risk Analysis and Plan

• Document any assumptions you have made about the project
• Using the Risk Identification Framework outlined in your text as a basis, identify five risks to the project – one for each of the five phases of the methodology.
• Analyse these risks, assign a risk to an appropriate member, and describe a strategy for the management of each specific risk.

Part Five: 

Quality Management Plan. It should include:

• A short statement that reflects your team’s philosophy or objective for ensuring that you deliver a quality system to your client.
• Develop and describe the following that your project team could implement to ensure quality;
  • A set of verification activities
  • A set of validation activities

Part Six: 

Closure and Evaluation

Researching for the closure checklist and project evaluation

a. To prepare for this task, you will be required to provide an annotated bibliography. (550 words)

Write an Annotated Bibliography for three (3) relevant texts or readings around project evaluation. The Annotated Bibliography is a critical examination of the most relevant, recent and scholarly research on the topic area that is not just a summary of the articles you have read.

You will submit this as an appendix to your project evaluation documentation.

Ensure that the AB submitted by you is your own work and has not been submitted elsewhere and comply with the University’s requirements for academic integrity.

Use the following resource to guide you around the research tools:

b. Develop a closure checklist that the project team will use to ensure that the project has been closed properly.

c. Develop a project evaluation –outline and discuss how your project’s MOV will be evaluated.

Rationale

This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:

• be able to research and critically evaluate how a practising IT project manager applies IT project management techniques, project management skills, methods and software tools in the IT industry.
• be able to understand and apply appropriate communication practices within a project management context.
• be able to research and apply established IT project management principles, skills and techniques to a case study.