SUMMARY:
August 10th, 2016 - October 25th, 2016
Task 1: 5 page write-up including cover and sources (none), plus a budget request and cost-benefit analysis spreadsheets. (Second Attempt)
Task 2: 3 Assessment Matrix PDFs (1 spreadsheet per vendor), 12 page paper including cover and sources. (Second Attempt)
Task 3: 1 decision flowchart, 1 gantt chart, 6 pages including cover and sources. (First Attempt)
Total: 23 pages, 6 spreadsheets, 1 gantt chart
August 11th, 2016
Oh joy, financials....this class could be a little rough, but just from the first Skillset, I've learned a lot. I know the class will move on from the finance side of things a little as I keep going through, but it's not too bad so far. I feel that I'll benefit greatly from this class! Goal is to start Task 1 this weekend.
August 16th, 2016
Met my goal by submitting Task 1 on Sunday, the 14th. It was graded today and passed, first attempt. It was actually a really insightful task. Basically you must justify the cost of switching from landline telco service to VoIP. Seeing how to calculate the budgets out and find the savings over a five year period was a great learning experience. It made a lot of sense and was actually very easy. I'm going to start Task 2 tomorrow and hope to submit it on Thursday night. I actually may finish the course this weekend, which will mean the course only took me 1.5 weeks to finish. My fastest course by far...because I'm finally dedicating more time to my courses. Work is about to get super busy so I know I need to do it now before I'm exhausted everyday when I come home.
October 30th, 2016
Due to work, I did nothing from mid-August until the second week of October. I had to do a revision for Task 2 because I failed to realize that you MUST do a vendor matrix for EACH of the three vendors and you also must write about why you scored the way that you did. My first submission focused solely on the winning bid and didn't compare to the other vendors much. Once I was told this by the course mentor, the paper was cake. A lot more writing, but was still easy to justify my decisions.
I submitted task 3 with just 7 days to go of my second semester, pushing it, haha. I got sent back for revisions, but I didn't understand why. I called up the course mentor who looked over the paper and determined that it should have passed! She submitted an appeal for me and the next morning I received notification that it passed and term 2 was complete! So it pays to speak to the course mentor if you're confused and don't clearly see why revisions were requested.
Two classes left and then I get to do my capstone. Almost done!
