The Course Project should focus on identifying a business problem or opportunity and proposing a technology solution.$$ You will need to identify a real$-$life business that you are familiar with or a fictitious business. The business must have a problem or an opportunity that can use an information technology solution.

The following is a list of potential problems and opportunities around which you may want to focus your project.

Lack of competitiveness or profitability

Inefficient processes

Slow product development

Obsolete or outdated IT organizations and technologies

Poor corporate communications

Ongoing personnel issues

Take advantage of a new technology

Use technology to support or automate manual processes

Use technology to improve decision$-$making

Potential Technology Solution Categories

For this Course Project, you must select a technology category that will solve the problem or opportunity you have identified for the selected business.$$ For the purposes of this project, it is important to differentiate between Technology Solution Category $($or Technology Category$)$ and a specific Vendor or Product.

The Technology Category includes Artificial Intelligence AI$,$ Machine Learning ML$,$ Customer Relationship Management CRM systems, Data Analytics, and Web analytics. A vendor$/$product is a specific company or product, such as Salesforce, Oracle, Google Analytics, Omniture, etc.

The Technology Solution category selected for this project is acceptable if

That technology is available from more than one vendor$/$company or

At least one other technology can be used as an alternative solution.

Although the list of technology categories you can choose for your Course Project is vast, the list below gives some suggestions you may want to consider.

$3$D Technology and Application

Application software such as the following

Accounting$/$financial management systemAppointment scheduling systemRegistration system for patients or studentsSoftware for managing a specific type of business

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning