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Title: IIT's Solar Hydrogen project (Spring 2003) IPRO 301: IIT's Solar Hydrogen Project IPRO301 Spring2003 Final Presentation
Date: 2003, 2003-05
Description: Theobjectivesofthisprojectaretodesign,assemble and demonstrate a stand-alone distributed power generation system, which utilizes clean energy...
Show moreTheobjectivesofthisprojectaretodesign,assemble and demonstrate a stand-alone distributed power generation system, which utilizes clean energy to power an LED sign. The sole purpose of the sign is to promote solar energy and other clean energy technologies via daily messages to the Chicago highway commuters. Our specific project goal for this semester was to integrate the pieces we already have into a single, autonomous, off-grid power system.
Sponsorship: BP, BP Solar, IL- DCCA, Solarex, ComEd, Alcad, Proton Energy Systems
Project Plan for IPRO 301: IIT's Solar Hydrogen Project for the Spring 1002 semester
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Title: Developing Technology to Transform Education in Haiti (Semester Unknown) IPRO 335: OneLaptopPerChild-HaitiPRO335MidTermPresentationF10
Creator: Brummer, Stephanie, Crane, Zach, Ernst, Jacob, Fujiwara, Bryan, Guan, Sarah, Harpstead, Erik, Heilig, Annika, Mendimenos, Anastasia, Mcgrath, Alexander
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: To enable and empower Haitian children’s education through the use of sustainable energy and collaborative technology, as well as expanding...
Show moreTo enable and empower Haitian children’s education through the use of sustainable energy and collaborative technology, as well as expanding our practical and professional experience through obtaining funding and grants. To create a reproducible model, intended to be applied to other similar projects around the world.
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Title: Building a Community Garden (semester?), IPRO 344: Community Gardening IPRO 344 Project Plan S06
Creator: Chojnowski, Joeseph, Clemens, Natalie, Esparza, Saul, Gerges, Shahir, Hernandez, Veronica, Herrera, Stephanie, Hittie, Thomas, Lucid, Shannon, Peck, Edward, Pfau, Sara, Procaccio, Vincenzo, Samuels, Janina, Schaefer, Kristina, Siefkas, Kaylyn, Sweikert, Emma, Winter, Rachael
Date: 2006-07, 2006-07
Description: IPRO 344 investigated methods for safe, low-cost community gardening in the urban setting. Most community gardens within large cities are...
Show moreIPRO 344 investigated methods for safe, low-cost community gardening in the urban setting. Most community gardens within large cities are sited in vacant lots that have been previously built upon. When the structures that once occupied these sites were demolished, the debris filled the basements of the structures, and was then covered by a shallow layer of nutrient poor dirt. The resulting vacant lots pose two problems for community gardening. First, the ground becomes tough and nearly impossible to manually prepare for gardening purposes. Second, the presence of lead and mercury from the paint and other construction materials has been incorporated into the soil, which can be harmful when transferred into plants which are then ingested. Since most community gardens in low-income neighborhoods do provide food, it became the aim of IPRO 344 to inexpensively grow plants which would be safe to eat in an urban community garden.
Deliverables for IPRO 344: Building a Community Garden for the Summer 2006 semester
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Title: Crop to Cup Coffee: Building Communities through Coffee (Semester 2) IPRO 333
Creator: Awol, Yeamlaksira, Canelo, Freddy, Drabek, Lindsay, Economy, Stacy, Erie, Mike, Hurst, Trey, Waterloo, Becca, Z, Isabella
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: The mission of IPRO 333 is to assist the Crop to Cup Company with the design and building of an enclosure for a temporary storage facility...
Show moreThe mission of IPRO 333 is to assist the Crop to Cup Company with the design and building of an enclosure for a temporary storage facility within the vicinity of their largest producing farming zone for robusta coffee in the Mbale region of Uganda. The sponsor, along with the team, has decided that the best method for addressing the local and global needs of the farmers is to present the research and design personally. Therefore, IPRO 333 will be fundraising to help finance the forthcoming trip to Uganda to present to the farming communities.
Sponsorship: Jacob Elster Crop to Cup
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Title: Fab Lab (Semester Unknown) IPRO 333: Fab Lab IPRO 333 Mid Term Presentation F08
Creator: Brassil, Michael, Lamonica, Regina, Luciani, Joseph, Ly, Christine, Martinez, Jessica, Martinez, Michael, Murman, Patricia, Ptak, Treyson, Reyes, Ivan, Villa, Jacqueline
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide...
Show moreFabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) were started as a community outreach program by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide digital fabrication tools for rapid prototyping to the general public. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago (MSI) has partnered with this IPRO to further develop their existing Fab Lab. IPRO 333 has been assigned the task of working with the Fab Lab administrators to design methodologies for furthering the use of the laboratory and determining its end goals for both the museum and the community. Once these goals are established, we will support them with a list of projects that we will create and execute. By working with the lab directors to broaden the possible uses of the lab, we hope to encourage hands-on learning in local schools. This will promote membership at MSI and involve the community in science and technology programs and education. To accomplish this, we have broken into two teams, each of which will focus on a different audience. The first team will be responsible for designing and creating programs for more advanced and knowledgeable users of the equipment specific to the Fab Lab, such as the students enrolled in the Science Achievers program as well as museum members; the second team will be responsible for designing and implementing programs for less advanced users with more constrained timeframes, such as visiting families or groups of school children.
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Title: Avoidatrak (Summer 2003) IPRO 351: Avoidatrack IPRO351 Summer2003 Final Presentation
Date: 2003, 2003-07
Description: A Fall 2002 EnPRO Team created a demonstration version of a computer game that puts you in control of a wheelchair. They also explored some of...
Show moreA Fall 2002 EnPRO Team created a demonstration version of a computer game that puts you in control of a wheelchair. They also explored some of the business issues associated with this game concept. The aim of this game will be to help hone wheelchair-maneuvering skills for training and entertaining. With the simulation of such wheelchair activities as racing, basketball and other recreational activities, Avoidatrak will be a challenging and entertaining game for all.The National Easter Seal Society, the YMCA, special education teachers and others are interested in the results of this project. The idea is to eventually develop a combination computer game and training tool to meet the needs of children and others with disabilities that is based on a concept of collision avoidance conceived by Mr. Julius Jones, Jr., a Chicago independent inventor. This concept responds to the need for a simulation that helps children become familiar with how to use a wheelchair as well as offers an entertainment experience for those confined to wheelchairs or their friends.
Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies and the Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial Studies Program
Project Plan for IPRO 351: Avoidatrak for the Summer2003 semester
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Title: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders (semester?), IPRO 321: Enhancing the Reliability and Perf of Paper Shredders IPRO 321 IPRO Day Presentation F07
Creator: Choi, Migun, Choriki, Justin, Flicek, Stephen, Huang, Yuxiong, Inouye, Tyler, King, Richard, Marinov, Plamen, Nagwan, Angad, Nielson, Garrett, Obst, Leslie, Pesik, Vesna, Swaidner, Kyle, Toyama, Brandee, Valls, Nil
Date: 2007-12, 2007-12
Description: 1. Determine the amount of force to cut 6, 8, 10 sheets of 20 lb paper, taking into account the width and length of the shred. Once the amount...
Show more1. Determine the amount of force to cut 6, 8, 10 sheets of 20 lb paper, taking into account the width and length of the shred. Once the amount of force is determined, develop a computer simulation model that can predict the amount of force required based upon the following variable inputs: number of sheets, shred width, and shred length. 2. Through computer simulation or prototype development, design an efficient gear train that optimizes the number of gears and minimizes the motor size based upon data obtained from previous semester’s data. The goal is to develop and simulate a gear train that can withstand 500 cycles at maximum sheet capacity. 3. Develop acoustical sound dampeners or “tune” the shredder to reduce the amount of noise created during the shredding process, leveraging information obtained from previous semesters’ data. The goal is to reduce the noise output by 10 decibels
Sponsorship: Seth Lewis, President of The Manhattan Group
Deliverables for IPRO 321: Enhancing the Reliability and Performance of Paper Shredders for the Fall 2007 semester
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Title: Map Reporting Component for Reports and CDN XL (semester?), IPRO 349D: Map Reporting Component for Reports Book and CDN XL IPRO 349 2.1 Poster S07
Creator: Drzyzdzyk, Krzsztof, Hadou, Katherine, Schmit, Jessica, Warzynski, Przemyslaw
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: IPRO 349 2.1 is focused on creating a prototype of a map reporting component that will be used as an addition to the ComArch Report Book...
Show moreIPRO 349 2.1 is focused on creating a prototype of a map reporting component that will be used as an addition to the ComArch Report Book software. The Report Book is a bundle of software used for data analysis that is not built in Excel. ComArch Report Books are used to analyze transactional data, as well as profit control data. For example, it interprets data collected from transactions at stores through the register data gathered during the day, but can also help companies analyze why profit margins are different in different regions
Sponsorship: Comarch
Deliverables for IPRO 349D: Map Reporting Component for Reports and CDN XL for the Summer 2007 semester
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Title: Decision Making Tool for Warehouse Logistics Pricing (semester?), IPRO 319: Warehouse Logistics Pricing IPRO 319 Final Report Sp07
Creator: Duong, Khanh, Egwu, Uchenna, Ma, Justin, Mcanally, Arthur, Mrozinski, Kristin, Oh, Douglas, Schwarz, Nickolay, Stone, Sarah, Sudar, Aleksandar, Yu, Hee Jeoung, Zavala, Arthur
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: distribution operation which will aid companies seeking to outsource logistics operations. However, the team’s main objective is to add a...
Show moredistribution operation which will aid companies seeking to outsource logistics operations. However, the team’s main objective is to add a Request for Proposal tool to the existing model allowing companies to determine the effectiveness of outsourcing different aspects of warehouse operations. This team hopes to generate willingness in its members to establish an environment conducive to team-oriented goals, as outlined in the objectives below. Successful completion of the goals presented here will require each participant to gain useful experience and knowledge regarding teamwork, inter-professional skills and specifically warehouse logistics pricing. For the spring semester, the team has set forth the following objectives:  Analyze existing model (Shipping, Manufacturing, Transportation, etc.) in terms of being user-friendly and effectiveness at accurately predicting cost versus revenue and whether the operations input should be outsourced.  Refine the current model given the suggestions of a surveyed group, not differentiating the contributions of the IPRO students from the software users.  Research costs associated with logistic processes.  Develop a multi-purpose activity outsourcing tool for common use called “Request for Proposal”.
Sponsorship: Warehouse Education and Research Council; The Kern Family Foundation via the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance
Deliverables for IPRO 319: Decision Making Tool for Warehouse Logistics Pricing for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: Green Class Community (Semester Unknown) IPRO 358: GreengClassCommunity IPRO358MidTermPresentationF10
Creator: Beck, Steve, Snyder, Mark, Eshleman, Justin, Krebs, Byron, Nguyen, Trang, Oraziman, Indira, Qi, Tianshu, Shehada, Hazem, Skopek, Paul, Varghese, Danny, Warnes, Michael, Cho, Moses
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: Our purpose is to seek a union between living comfortably and living sustainably at an affordable price. Our design, for the community of...
Show moreOur purpose is to seek a union between living comfortably and living sustainably at an affordable price. Our design, for the community of Evanston, will first minimizes its energy consumption and then uses the most sustainable methods to fulfill the remaining needs of the inhabitants. Ideally we will design a model community which will challenge conventions within the fields of design, planning, engineering, and everyday living. This community will also serve as an example to Chicago-area municipalities about the benefits of affordable sustainable planning, design, and living. It will also be an attractive marketable solution to the current home buyers within our given demographic.
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Title: Intermodal Container Transport (Semester Unknown) IPRO 307: Intermodal Container Transport IPRO 307 Ethics F08
Creator: Kaska, Michal, Slomiany, Krzysztof, Brewin, Christopher, Alarcon, Xavier, Cheung, Kwong, Fuentes, Daniel, Kedzuch, Andrew, Nguyen, Linh, Loquidis, Ryan, Magdel, Irina, Lis, Tomasz, Marinov, Plamen, Suik, Bradley
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: The direction IPro 307 “Intermodal Container Transport” is taking for the 2008 semester is geared toward alternative energy technologies as...
Show moreThe direction IPro 307 “Intermodal Container Transport” is taking for the 2008 semester is geared toward alternative energy technologies as well as expansion of the capacity and efficiency of a designated rail transfer yard. The selected exploration site is the Norfolk Southern rail transfer yard at 47th street near the Dan Ryan Expressway. Since there is a large amount of on-site equipment (Mi-Jack side loaders, cranes, and yard hostlers), the possibility of introducing alternative fuel technologies exists and can provide a cleaner and more cost-effective solution to air pollution and rising fuel costs. The group will be focusing efforts on using wind power in parallel with compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel, as well as designing innovative ways to improve yard capacity and efficiency. The ultimate goal of this IPro is to develop a plan to increase yard efficiency and output, while at the same time incorporating green technology as an alternative energy source for the facility equipment.
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Title: Developing an Artificial Pancreas (semester?), IPRO 308: Artificial Pancreas IPRO 308 Final Report Sp07
Creator: Callahan, Sean, Devgun, Jason, Ferraro, Christie, Ferrese, Anthony, Gudivada, Medhavi, Manuntag, Renen, Mashruwala, Neil, Nazim, Maje, Park, Dukmin, Patel, Alok, Patel, Bhavin, Schuh, Nathaniel
Date: 2007-05, 2007-05
Description: The objective of this IPRO is to improve the existing prototype to successfully extract interstitial fluid from pig’s skin and effectively...
Show moreThe objective of this IPRO is to improve the existing prototype to successfully extract interstitial fluid from pig’s skin and effectively measure the glucose level in the interstitial fluid through both electrical impedance and light transmittance measurement and to secure grants in order to fund the testing and further completion of the prototype.
Deliverables for IPRO 308: Developing an Artificial Pancreas for the Spring 2007 semester
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Title: Power Assist Kayak (semester?), IPRO 353: Kayak Motors IPRO 353 Project Plan Sp06
Creator: Arvis, Christina, Cornejo, Eliseo, Inamdar, Manjeet, Larson, Scott, Merkley, Michael, Netherton, Daniel, Pyles, Kyle, Zaprzal, Robert
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: Adapt-A-Yak is a small company that one will operate out of the owner’s garage. The company is not meant to be a job where one works 40+ hours...
Show moreAdapt-A-Yak is a small company that one will operate out of the owner’s garage. The company is not meant to be a job where one works 40+ hours per week. It will remain a very small company as it is more of a hobby based business. Adapt-A-Yak will be the first company to produce and sell universal power-assist products for sit-on-top kayaks.
Deliverables for IPRO 353: Power Assist Kayak for the spring 2006 semester
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Title: Orthotics and Prosthetics in Latin America (Semester Unknown) IPRO 309: Orthotic and Prosthetic Education for Latin America and the United States IPRO 309 Abstract Spanish F08
Creator: Antony, Claude, Bhatia, Mrigank, Castro, Manuel, Fischer, Stephanie, Hallgren, Caleb, Harris, Raymond, Kovacs, Cristina, Madere, Danielle, Rial, Alexander, Salgado, Chris
Date: 2008, 2008-12
Description: Many people around the world are in need of orthotic and/or prosthetic care due to pathologies that cannot be effectively treated any other...
Show moreMany people around the world are in need of orthotic and/or prosthetic care due to pathologies that cannot be effectively treated any other way. There is a great need for establishing and sustaining educational opportunities. Our IPRO focuses on the population of South America, and more specifically Colombia. Our goal is to provide them with educational information to support their existing Orthotic and Prosthetic (O&P) Technician training program at Centro don Bosco in Bogotá. We will continue the work of previous IPROs by creating modules that concentrate on O&P solutions to pathologies that occur on different areas of the body, specifically upper limb, spine, and lower limb. This semester we will also test the effectiveness of our educational modules by using the modules exclusively to fabricate an actual orthotic device. Our modules will also be translated to Spanish for the audience in Colombia.
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Title: IIT Sustainability Branding (Semester Unknown) IPRO 311
Creator: Aguilar, Alejandro, Alexander, Richard, Animashaun, Oladipo, Chauhan, Mark, Ellsworth, Seth, Glover, Crystal, Krupp, Kevin, Patel, Nim, Scheer, Colin, Tadros, Nader
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: This is a continuing IPRO with the overall aim of improving and enhancing the image of Illinois Institute of Technology, both as an...
Show moreThis is a continuing IPRO with the overall aim of improving and enhancing the image of Illinois Institute of Technology, both as an institution and a physical campus, in regards to sustainability and “green” practices. To that end, the current semester is focused on several design projects based on concepts generated in the previous semesters along with input from the current semester to enhance a new “green” campus. We will also be providing information on how IIT is currently acting in a sustainable fashion and how students on campus can contribute to our image as a sustainable campus
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Title: Aging in Place (Semester Unknown) IPRO 360: AgingInPlaceIPRO360FinalReportSp11
Creator: Alvarez, Mario, Bardsley, Emily, Ingles, John, Kibbe, Brian, Klimek, Joseph, Mitchell, Jamie, Morgan, Rebecca, Papazova, Angelina, Patel, Keyur, Salih, Salma, Sanders, Michael, Umrania, Shefali
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO 360, Spring 2011, is to research and identify the significant problems encountered by the elderly in their everyday...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO 360, Spring 2011, is to research and identify the significant problems encountered by the elderly in their everyday lives. This IPRO will create a foundation for the development and refinement of possible solutions for future IPRO semesters in conjunction with the Chamberlain Group. To be successful, this IPRO must create a simple, meaningful problem statement that can guide Chamberlain Group and future IPROs toward actually providing solutions for helping the elderly age in place.
Sponsorship: The Chamberlain Group
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Title: Applying Rapid Prototyping Techniques to Production Tooling (semester?), IPRO 312: Rapid Prototyping Techniques IPRO 312 Final Report F06
Creator: Ranttila, Annie, Fu, Chun Yiu, Hussain, Shan I., Hicks, Ken, Dave, Udit, Manjrekar, Sourabh, Nosse, Daniel, Atta, Muhammad, Amine, Rachid, Craig, Seun, Abdullahi, Abdulkamal, Taylor, Lashawna
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: This IPRO was started as a Rapid Prototyping project in the semester of spring 2006. The main goal was to make casters in a short time period...
Show moreThis IPRO was started as a Rapid Prototyping project in the semester of spring 2006. The main goal was to make casters in a short time period for the caster manufacturing company Colson Associates. As the project advanced, the team realized that the real objective of this IPRO was to: ‘Investigate techniques for rapidly and effectively manufacturing casters to satisfy “rush orders” for special casters.’
Deliverables for IPRO 312: Applying Rapid Prototyping Techniques to Production Tooling for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: A Video Annotation and Indexing System (sequence unknown), IPRO 327 - Deliverables: IPRO 327 Final Report F09
Creator: Dhagam, Karthik, Donchev, Alexander, Homawoo, Sergio, Litas, Alexander, Orlichenko, Anton, Osswald, Christian, Petsod, Jason, Rawlings, Ori, Shaffer, Joshua, Smith, Antoinette, Yates, Andrew, Yu, Hee Jeoung
Date: 2009-12
Description: Much information available on the Web is in video format. The problem with this medium is users cannot comment on particular scenes within the...
Show moreMuch information available on the Web is in video format. The problem with this medium is users cannot comment on particular scenes within the videos and there is no method of searching for specific content within the videos. The team proposes to develop a system that will allow users to make fine-grained comments on scenes within the video and then to use these comments to aid in search within videos.
Deliverables for IPRO 327: A video annotation and indexing system for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: Creating a Contemporary and Dynamic Science Fair Bank for Chicago Public Schools (Semester Unknown) IPRO 330
Creator: Baldwin, Leah, Campbell, Keith, Diaz, Rocio, Gim, Yewon, Pak, Angela, Parrillo, Anthony, Steward, Shane, Tate, Joshua, Ten Eyck, Patrick, Totlebe, Aimee
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: IPRO 330 has one clear and main purpose: to increase high school student interest in Science and Mathematics in Chicago Public Schools. This...
Show moreIPRO 330 has one clear and main purpose: to increase high school student interest in Science and Mathematics in Chicago Public Schools. This is a very lofty and broad goal, so IPRO 330 has chosen to use the Chicago Public School Science Fair program as a vehicle to achieve this purpose. IPRO 330 is a continuing IPRO, meaning that we have a foundation and a base of work that has already been accomplished. As a result, one of the project goals of this team will be to obtain in-depth feedback from professionals within IIT, from Chicago Public Schools, and certainly from other professional education venues as well. Specifically, we will be looking to obtain feedback from the three most involved sources in high school students’ lives: students, teachers, and parents. This may be the most vital part of our project, because we want to make sure that our projects and guides are of high quality and high interest to high school students. IPRO 330 has an existing bank of Science Fair projects and guides which are located on the website sciencefair.math.iit.edu. In an effort to make our website more effective and more appealing, we will have team goals to create more Science Fair projects, and guides which will target areas that Chicago Public High School Students typically have trouble addressing, such as data analysis. We feel like the guides are a way to really implement more mathematics into the Science Fair program as a whole. In addition, there will be a group of students in our IPRO focused on improving the website and implementing new projects. IPRO 330 will address these objectives by first having all members, including faculty advisors, attend and judge a Chicago Public School Science Fair. This will allow everyone working on this project to get a better sense of what we are working on, make some contacts with teachers and Science Fair Coordinators, and even get feedback from students who used the website as a resource for their project. After this initial phase, the group will break up into three teams, an infrastructure team, a communication team, and a project and guides team. In these sub teams, IPRO 330 will be able to more effectively deal with more specific issues that arise
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Title: Comarch Software Suire Improvement (semester?), IPRO 349B: Comarch Software suite Improvement IPRO 349 3.2 IPRO Day Presentation S07
Creator: Baranowski, Piotr, Szymanski, Wojciech, Berg, Adam, Lopez, Manuel
Date: 2007-07, 2007-07
Description: The IPRO 349-3.2 project has as the primary objective to map four processes following the ITIL standards. While this is being done, the team...
Show moreThe IPRO 349-3.2 project has as the primary objective to map four processes following the ITIL standards. While this is being done, the team will develop a series of recommendations to Comarch on how to analyze a client’s processes and design a solution for that client that complies with the ITIL guidelines. The project’s secondary objective is to do a research and case study about how other IT companies offer OSS suites that comply with the ESB methods and ensure that their customers comply with the SOX regulations.
Sponsorship: Comarch
Deliverables for IPRO 349B: Comarch Software Suire Improvement for the summer 2007 semester
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