Charlie's IT Department

Dear Mr. Peterson, I believe that Montclair State should heavily invest in improving their IT infrastructure. This decision was made after I heard the consultants from Tuesday. I believe that by improving the IT infrastructure of MSU will allow for the school to better understand our student body via better data collection. However, I do have some concerns with regards to improving upon the suggestions brought about by the consultants. My first improvement would be to bring on a data analysist to help better train the staff with regards on how to better input, and output data. The analytics being conducted by Montclair State appears to share some similarities to the Data Warehouse system which is going to be implemented by PFM devices. If this assumption proves true, then having a data analysist would greatly improve the system’s efficiency. My second improvement would be to better quantify how this data would be collected in the first place. Would it be through observation of s...

Dear Mr. Peterson, I was contacted by the famous scooter company , ARC, to help them construct a Gnatt Chart to assist in the development of their new RED STREAK Scooter. They commissioned me to test out the free online software known as TeamGnatt for the construction of the Gantt Chart. It's usability is okay, but appears to only give the bare bones options for the free users. This means that some of the key features are not given to the free user, and the software is not nearly as efficient as it could be. Another draw back of the software is the lack to automatically account for federal holidays, or even preset holidays. It seems like such an easy feature to implement, yet it could be behind the pay wall. I would say the program would take an average person with an average technical know how  about 4 hours of proper training before they feel comfortable with the software. As for ARC's Gantt Chart here it is: Here are the questions ARC wanted me to answer.  1. ...