W7- case study question from pages 589-591 and 630-631 (assignment | Business Intelligence

Note: – Must require——–

APA format (Times New Roman, size 12 and 2 space)

MS Visio diagram OR MS Word Smart Art 

Minimum 3 or more References including Sharda mentioned below.

W7: Case Studies – Graded Case Study Assignment (Pages 589-591 and 630-631)

Graded Assignment:  Case Studies – (Follow all steps below)

Carefully review and read both case studies found in your textbook from Pages 589-591 and 630-631

Sharda, R., Delen, D., & Turban, E. (2015) Business intelligence and analytics: Systems for decision support (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson.

Digital: ISBN-13: 978-0-13-340193-6 or Print: ISBN-13: 978-0-13-305090-5

After reading and analyzing both studies, address all case study questions found within the case studies in scholarly detail prepared in a professionally formatted APA paper.

When concluding the paper, expand your analytical and critical thinking skills to develop ideas as a process or operation of steps visually represented in a flow diagram or any other type of created illustration to support your idea which can be used as a proposal to the entity or organization in the cases to correct or improve any case related issues addressed.  This is required for both cases.

When developing illustrations to support a process or operation of steps, Microsoft Word has a tool known as “Smart Art” which is ideal for the development of these types of illustrations or diagrams.  To get acquainted with this tool, everyone can visit www.youtube.com using a keyword search “Microsoft Word Smart Art Tutorials” to find many video demonstrations in using this tool.

Minimum Paper Expectations

· Page Requirements:  The overall paper supporting both cases will include a minimum of “4” pages of written content.

· Research Requirements:  The overall paper will be supported with a minimum of “3” academic sources of research and one of the sources can be the textbook.

· Application Technology:  Microsoft Word will be used to prepare this paper.

· Professional Format: APA will be used to prepare the professional layout and documentation of research.

· Important Note:  Do not fall below minimum page and research requirements.

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Questions from the text Book which we need to elaborate in our case study

QUESTIONS FOR THE END-OF-CHAPTER APPLICATION CASE (Page 589- 591)

INTRODUCTION — 

1. How big is Big Data for Discovery Health?

2. What big data sources did Discovery Health use for their analytic solutions?

3. What were the main data/ analytics challenges Discovery Health was facing?

4. What were the main solutions they have produced?

5. What were the initial results/benefits? What do you think will be the future of Big Data analytics at Discovery?

Diagram flow – MS word ART or MS Visio etc… (This is must)

QUESTIONS FOR THE END-OF-CHAPTER APPLICATION CASE (Page 630-631)

INTRODUCTION —-

1. What is main business problem faced by Southern States Cooperative?

2. How was predictive analytics applied in the application case?

3. What problems were solved by the optimization techniques employed by Southern States Cooperative?

Diagram flow – MS word ART or MS Visio etc… (This is must)

CONCLUSION

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Reference info. Minimum 3 or more. 

TEXT BOOK Attached.