This course aims to

• develop students' skills in translating a real problem into a problem statement from unstructured initial ideas, identifying the key issues, defining the scope of the problem and breaking down the work into a set of tasks to be accomplished systematically;
• develop students' problem-solving skills in the business environment by providing them with techniques to break down the work into a set of tasks to be accomplished systematically;
• develop students' analytic ability to integrate and apply the knowledge and quantitative skills, in particular business analytics, statistics and business intelligence techniques, gained in the programme to solve project problems;
• develop students' ability in planning, conducting, managing and controlling their own projects;
• provide students with the opportunity to develop their skills in presenting the findings of their own project and explaining the implications of the results in a verbal presentation and written report.

Continuous Assessment: 100%

Students are reminded to observe the following work schedule:

Week 5
Submit 3 copies of the project proposal to Department's office before 5:00 pm. (Any late submission will lead to a 20% reduction in marks for this assessment task as a penalty.)

Week 14
Submit 2 hard copies of the final project report and 1 disk version to the Department's office before 12:00 noon. (Any late submission will lead to a 20% reduction in marks for this assessment task as a penalty

To Be Arranged
Oral presentation of the project. The exact time and date will be arranged by supervisors.