Project Topic Ideas

Option 2: Prototype Development

1. Online Ticket Request System - with email alerts (taken)
2. Online New Project Request System - with email alerts (taken)
3. Visualization of Geo-Tagged Data using Tableau
4. Athlete travel schedule communication system - with email alerts (taken by 3 teams)
5. Overly’s Country Christmas visitor information report
6. Gaetano's Banquet Center (tentative)

Option 1: Business Process Analysis and Improvement


Energy/Sustainability

• Smart meter from Duquesne Light is not so smart
• Logistics and operations at PittMoss
• Logistics and operations at Farm Truck Foods  
• A management process at Conservation International
• A work process at Mayim 
• A work process at the Social Enterprise Program of Idea Foundry

Management

• The hiring process at Chatham
• The budgeting process at Chatham
• The formal evaluation process at Chatham
• The accounting/finance process at PNC 
• The innovation process at HP
• The innovation process at PPG
• The produce management process at PPG 
• The fraud analysis process at American Eagle
• A management process at Mine Safety Association
• A management/work process at Management Science Associates
• A management/work process at the Transplant Unit at UPMC
• A management/work process at Occupational Therapy at UPMC
• A management/work process at Telemedicine at UPMC
• A management/work process at Minimally Invasive Surgery at UPMC
• A management/work process at Nursing Research at UPMC
• A management/work process at Nursing Education at UPMC
• A management/work process at Liver Cancer Center at UPMC 
• An operations process at UPMC Magee Women's Hospital  
• A management/work process at Ariba
• A management/work process at Highmark
• A management/work process at Career Link
• A management/work process at EQT
• A management/work process at Armada Logistics
• A management/work process at General Electric
• A project management process at Westinghouse
• Procurement at SciQuest 
• Compliance at BNY Mellon
• Vendor risk management process at Curtiss Wright
• Ordering process at Wigle Whiskey
• E-Commerce at Coke Cola 

Marketing/Communications

• Digital advertising at Chatham
• Publications/literature creation at Chatham
• Digital marketing at Lunametrics
• Digital marketing at BarkleyREI
• Digital marketing at American Eagle
• Marketing at Management Science Associates
• Marketing at CareerLink  
• B2B Marketing at Coke Cola

Accounting/Financial Analysis/Planning/Advising/Wealth Management

• Will robos transform the wealth management industry? (interview a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley, Meryl Lynch, or PNC)
• Accounting or financial analysis process at PNC, BNY Mellon, or Westinghouse

Arts/Non-Profit Management

• Pittsburgh Glass Center
• Girl Scouts USA
• Mosaix Software
• Consensus building process at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• Carnegie Museum of Arts

Psychology

• The patient scheduling and management process at a counseling facility
• Rufus Robot: Social skills training for autism spectrum
• Interactive Story Adventures
• Research project coordination and management at Infant and Toddler Development Center at Pitt
• The user experience design process at HP 
• A management process at Occupational Therapy of UPMC

Criminology

• The financial crime investigation process at IRS
• Fraud analysis at American Eagle
  

Sports/Exercise Science

• Moneyball
• Analytics in Sports

Gender Studies

• Codegirl (Trailer)  
• Why should young women consider a career in information technology

For additional ideas please visit the following pages
Healthcare in the Digital Age

Sustainability in the Digital Age

Arts, Science and Business in the Digital Age