Information Systems & Analytics Education

Applied work and project record

Courses, research, and practical guides.

This page is a working project index. Each entry explains what the project addresses and links directly to the available course, report, or supporting resource.

Analytics prototype

Market Research Scanner

A Kalshi market-data research prototype exploring retrieval, quality filters, evidence ranking and uncertainty. The recovered notebook export needs repair and is not a released application.

Project overview
Course system

SPARK + TRACE Analytics

A ten-week beginner course linking problem framing, Excel, SQL, Tableau, AI verification, decision writing, presentation, and portfolio evidence.

Private instructor hub · authorized sign-in required
Field guide

Practical Analyst Playbook

A reusable process for scoping, analysis, verification, storytelling, and professional delivery.

Private resource · authorized sign-in required
Career research

Technician to Strategist

How analysts build durable value through problem framing, governance, proactive hypotheses, storytelling, and executive decision support.

Role research

Converging Roles of Business Analysis and Project Management

How charters, timeboxing, lifecycle thinking, stakeholder alignment, and change management strengthen analytics work.

Education research

AI's Impact on Excel Analytics Education

Why strategic context, verification, and critical judgment matter more as software automates spreadsheet mechanics.

Workforce research

Analyst Demand Profile and CEO Expectations

A review of the capabilities leaders expect from modern analysts and how those expectations affect education and career preparation.

Professional guide

Data Analyst's Toolkit

A practical collection of methods, tools, habits, and checks for defensible analysis.

Foundations

Introduction to Data Analytics

An accessible overview of the analytics process, major tool categories, and the relationship between evidence and decision-making.

Masterclass guide

The Elite Data Analyst

A blueprint organized around four sources of business value: revenue, cost, risk, and strategic growth.

Career framework

SPARK Career Development

Skills, Portfolio, AI usage, Relationships, and Knowledge in Action. A durable career framework with weekly habits and evidence of growth.

Public guide
Course framework

SPARK Course Capability Profile

Self, Position, Augment, Relationships, and Knowledge to Proof. The separate capability profile used in the ten-week analytics course.

Public overview
Analysis method

TRACE Business Analysis

Translate the problem, Retrieve evidence, Analyze, Challenge, then Explain and Execute. A repeatable evidence-to-action routine.

Public guide
Analysis method

ORBIT Analysis Workflow

Objective, Resources, Build, Inspect, Transfer. Plan an analysis, check the result, and apply the skill to a new problem.

Public guide
Companion course

Problem Architect AI Orchestration

A separate 15-module course blueprint about framing, decomposing, assigning, designing, testing, and governing AI-enabled business systems. This is a curriculum blueprint, not an enrollment or certification offer.

Public planning materials
White paper

Problem Architect White Paper

A short explanation of the role at the boundary of business judgment and technology. Read this before the detailed course blueprint.

Public download
Faculty toolkit

Curriculum Currency Auditor

A reusable review kit for course relevance, learning evidence, program outcomes, career skills, and responsible AI. Produces sourced KEEP, UPDATE, ADD, and REMOVE recommendations for faculty review.

Public blank templates
Course quality

ISA 2010 Course Supervisor Guide

A proposed coordination guide for course baselines, instructor support, MOS logistics, assessment evidence, and continuous improvement. Local program leadership approves roles and changes.

Public planning template
Teaching philosophy

Teaching Students to Think with AI

A teaching philosophy organized around Ask, Analyze, Improve, Apply, and Reflect. Includes prompts for assessing judgment, verification, and learning.

Public download
Beginner training

New Analyst Acceleration Kit

Five distinct resources: master playbook, quick field guide, practice workbook, terminology guide, and professional questions and answers. Start with the field guide, then apply one method.

Public downloads
Practitioner toolkit

Seasoned Analyst Toolbox

A separate collection of reusable checks, templates, SQL examples, method selection, KPI governance, peer review, AI safety, and delivery practices.

Public download
Open practice

TrailPeak Analytics Practice

A small fictional retail dataset for learning Excel, SQL, visual explanation, and verification. Includes actual practice files and checked examples without SUMMIT+ assessment answer keys.

Public files and walkthrough
Applied AI project

AI Video Creation Project

Plan an audience, storyboard, assets, and quality checks for an AI-assisted video.

Public Google document
Applied AI project

LinkedIn Post Assistant

A focused writing-assistant project. Treat the guide as a design exercise; reach and engagement are not guaranteed.

Public Google document
Applied AI project

Build and Deploy an App Using Claude

A beginner project guide for turning an idea into an application. Product interfaces and plan limits should be checked before use.

Public Google document
Applied AI project

Building Automations

Find a repeatable workflow, choose a trigger and action, and test normal cases and exceptions.

Public Google document
Applied AI project

Reusable Prompt Library

Organize prompts around clear tasks, context, output formats, and verification steps.

Public Google document
Applied AI project

AI Career Research

Use prompts to explore roles and capabilities, then verify requirements against employers and current sources.

Public Google document
Resource

Practical Analyst Reusable Toolkit

24 editable templates organized across planning, data quality, analysis, delivery, and closeout. Each includes a completion check.

Public resource
Prompt resource

AI Prompt Collection

A searchable spreadsheet of prompts. Use each as a starting specification and independently verify consequential outputs.

Public Google spreadsheet
Idea collection

AI Project Idea Experiments

Two idea sheets for exploring small AI-enabled projects and business experiments. Evaluate a real user need, costs and evidence before committing time or money.

Public Google spreadsheets
Course resources

Information Systems Teaching Collection

Course summaries on global information systems, problem analysis, organizational value, SQL and communicating analytical findings. Sharing varies by source document.

Google documents; access may require permission
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