Process Design

Question

Select a process you perform daily, but would like to spend less time doing, such as driving to work.

Design a flowchart and provide written analysis by using any appropriate tool.

Comment on the factors that affect the process design.

Identify at least one metric to measure the process.

Describe which forecasting methods would be applicable.

Discuss how one could manage this process by using PERT/CPM techniques.

Submit your flowchart for the process and the data collected at the end of the week by collecting data for the identified metric every day of the workweek.

Question

 Letter to the editor arguing for a change in campus policy

Audience: Your audience is the university campus community.  It will include the students and faculty who may be influenced by the policy, but also the administration who you wish to persuade to change their policy. While people outside the university community might read your letter, your primary audience will be people on campus who read the university newspaper.

Role: A college student, junior level or above, with at least three years experience with campus life and academic situations.

Purpose: To persuade the university to change a long-standing university policy or system to improve conditions for students (though it may improve things for faculty or support staff as well).  You will be allowed to choose what campus policy you will discuss, so your purpose will vary somewhat depending on which policy you wish to change.