{"id":444,"date":"2014-10-28T09:17:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T13:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/?p=444"},"modified":"2014-10-28T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T13:17:48","slug":"t-1028-the-feasibility-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/2014\/10\/28\/t-1028-the-feasibility-study\/","title":{"rendered":"T, 10\/28: The Feasibility Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1. Listen and evaluate another\u00a0tech briefing<\/strong>:\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>Zoho<\/em>\u00a0(<\/span>Tim &amp;\u00a0David)<\/span>. We\u2019ll spend 10-15 minutes hearing from\u00a0them\u00a0and another 5-10 completing their <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1atW_cKFpYVXN9qqCoDKpHReCCs4Yw5EtVqPHYV_5890\/viewform?usp=send_form\" target=\"_blank\">evaluation form<\/a>.\u00a0Their deliverable is <a href=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/w542qhxqlwat\/zoho-a-technology-briefing\/?utm_campaign=share&amp;utm_medium=copy\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Close up the Instructions Project. <\/strong><em>Your final deliverables for the Instructions Project are due Thursday before midnight.\u00a0<\/em>We&#8217;ll review <a title=\"Instructions Project\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/instructions\/\" target=\"_blank\">the delivery\u00a0requirements<\/a>, the team evaluation form, and look at an example of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/LOT_ex_Redacted-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a letter of transmission<\/a>\u00a0for the S.S. Save Wheezy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/SS-Save-Wheezy\/\" target=\"_blank\">instructions<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Sample-usability-report-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">usability report<\/a> we viewed\u00a0earlier in\u00a0this unit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Slideshow: What&#8217;s a feasibility study? <\/strong>Slides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1-feasibility-study-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Look at recent examples of feasibility studies IRL.<\/strong>\u00a0Get into groups by major and pick a\u00a0feasibility study to review from the list below. Ask yourselves\u00a0the questions form the last slide above.\u00a0Talk about this for 10-15 minutes and get ready to share.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Public admin\/management:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smtcmpo.org\/docs\/reports\/BicycleCommuterCorridorStudy-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Bicycle Commuter Corridor Study<\/a>\u00a0from Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Engineering:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dec.ny.gov\/docs\/regions_pdf\/wste18ou1fs2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Onondaga Lake Wastebeds<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dec.ny.gov\/docs\/regions_pdf\/wste18ou1fs2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Study<\/a>\u00a0from the NYDEC<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/nace\/parkmgmt\/upload\/Feasibility-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Kenilworth Park Landfill Site<\/a>\u00a0from the National Park Service<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/mpaenvironment.ei.columbia.edu\/files\/2014\/06\/Reducing-greenhouse-emissions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Greenhouse Gas\u00a0Management <\/a>(NYC Dept of Environmental Protection)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Accounting or management:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.state.va.us\/reports\/CPAFeasibilityRpt12-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">On Using CPA Firms<\/a>\u00a0from Auditor of Public Accounts, Virginia<br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftb.ca.gov\/aboutFTB\/Public_Records_Act\/Documents\/FSR_EDR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Enterprise Data to Revenue Project<\/a>\u00a0(California Franchise Tax Board)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Technology:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\">&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/file.lacounty.gov\/bc\/q1_2008\/cms1_086410.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles County WiFi\u00a0Feasibility Report<\/a>\u00a0from Los Angeles County<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>5. Look at examples from this class.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/executive-summary-examples-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">These executive summaries <\/a>were culled from\u00a0more memorable\u00a0final reports of\u00a0previous semesters. Apply the same questions from the slides and come up with 2-3 ideas for your own project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Listen and evaluate another\u00a0tech briefing:\u00a0Zoho\u00a0(Tim &amp;\u00a0David). We\u2019ll spend 10-15 minutes hearing from\u00a0them\u00a0and another 5-10 completing their evaluation form.\u00a0Their deliverable is here. 2. Close up the Instructions Project. Your final deliverables for the Instructions Project are due Thursday before midnight.\u00a0We&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/2014\/10\/28\/t-1028-the-feasibility-study\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[21,34],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feasibility","category-instuctions","tag-executive-summaries","tag-letter-of-transmission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/professional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}