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!
hello WastedTheLight. I've completed all the classes you've commented on. I have MAT2, MBT2, and capstone remaining. How is your progress with your final classes going?
ReplyDeleteI just finished Power, Influence and Leadership. Wasn't bad.I'm now on my last class before my capstone, Technology Globalization. I'm hoping to complete it in the next 4 weeks, giving me about 2 months to do my capstone. My term ends April 30th. So close!
DeleteWould love to know how Technological Globalization went for you. I started tackling that class yesterday. Seems a little daunting. Any suggestions on how to approach it?
DeleteC Wad, I need to update this blog, hopefully next week. I'm working on my capstone now, completed Globalization last month. I felt the same way when I started out. Turned out I was just overthinking the course. I passed all three tasks on the first try.
DeleteTask 1 was cake because it gives you all the information you need to do research and support your proposal decision. I personally went with proposal 2 and backed up my reasoning with logic and sources. However, one could do the exact same for proposal 1, it does have advantages, but it would be your decision on which one to back up.
Task 2: Watch the webinar that Mary Alberici (course mentor) provides. HUGE help.
Task 3: Once again, watch the webinar. I also had to call her about a couple issues with this task, but really, I was overthinking it and it wasn't bad at all. This is by far the most difficult of the three tasks because you have to come up with a solution. Because I'm a little familiar with Azure, I went that route mixed with another application to actually handle the content management system. I highly recommend contacting Mary though if you get stuck. I can't provide much information on how I handled it due to WGU rules....I'd like them to NOT kick me out before I finish my degree, or revoke it, haha. Best of luck though!
Sounds good. Jaynee is awesome, also. The mentors have been extremely helpful. So is it true that the Capstone is a group effort?
DeleteGood luck on your capstone and Congratulations in advance on completing your M.S. I hope to be done in about 10 weeks and considering going to the Salt Lake City commencement. Hope to see you there :-)
Hello Friend;
DeleteI have completed task 1&2 from first attempt. However, I am struggling with task 3. I have no idea what the expect. I have submitted the work twice and still received "need revision" results. Is possible that I can have look at your flowchart and grantt charts? I just need to finish this I have only six day left in the term. Thanks
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ReplyDeleteHi, I am struggling with MBT2. if you dont mind, can you please share your work for task1,2,3 to get idea of what to write on the paper. hope you understand.
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