22S2 BM4085 ICA2 Assignment Guidev2
22S2 BM4085 ICA2 Assignment Guidev2
2022 Semester 2
BM4085
BUSINESS IT AND SPREADSHEET
APPLICATIONS
1. Assignment Outline
This group assignment constitutes 50% of the overall assessment for the module,
BM4085 Manage and Visualize Business Data. Each group is to use their assigned data
to fulfill the assignment objective by applying Spreadsheet concepts and skills learnt in
this module.
1.1.2 Each group will be assigned one of the following business data
according to its Group Number.
1 01.empire_retail 4 04.strong_gym
2 02.napo_cruises 5 05.oleary_seafood
3 03.peak_driving 6 06.south_resort
1.1.4 The worksheets in the Microsoft Excel file are: Sheet1, Sheet2, and Info.
Sheet1 and Sheet2 contain the business data that you will be using to
complete this assignment. Worksheet Info contains information about the
business data in Sheet1 and Sheet2.
2. Learning Outcomes
Perform online collaboration work securely and effectively by selecting and using
digital technologies.
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3. Assignment Objective
3.1.1 Analyzes the assigned data for information with business value by
creating an Interactive Dashboard
4. Requirements
4.1.1 Create your Excel report using the assigned business data. Save your
Excel report with the following naming convention:
4.1.2 Apart from what is stipulated in the requirements below, do not alter the
data or add new data to the Excel file containing your assigned business
data.
4.2 Create new data columns that produce useful info about the Business
4.2.1 Create new data columns appended to the table in Sheet1 that would
produce useful information about the business.
4.2.2 The new data columns must contain only formulas and reference other
data columns in Sheet1 or both Sheet1 and Sheet2.
4.2.3 At least one of the new data columns created should reference data from
both Sheet1 and Sheet2 in a meaningful way.
4.2.4 You may append up to 4 new data columns to the table in Sheet1 to
produce useful information about the business.
o The Excel formulas are error free (function, cell referencing, etc.)
and consistently applied to the whole table column
o Adding a title and subtitle to the table. The title should display the
business’ name and logo. The subtitle describes the information
in Sheet1 (in a single-line statement).
4.3.3 Analyze the data in Sheet1 (including the new data columns) using the
PivotCharts to produce useful information about the business.
4.3.6 The slicers should facilitate users of your Excel report to gain new
insights from the dashboard.
4.3.7 Each slicer must interact with all the PivotCharts in the dashboard.
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4.4.2 Also create a What-If Analysis which includes the cell/s of the Summary
Table. The What-If Analysis must include 3 business scenarios to
simulate the changes in your business variables in 3 potential real-life
situations. The first business scenario must be the original values.
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4.4.4 Add only appropriate labels and formatting to the generated Scenario
Summary Worksheet to enhance the readability and understanding of
this Scenario Summary.
4.5.3 Name the PowerPoint presentation file with the same name as instructed
in requirement 4.1.
4.5.4 Create a Cover Slide as the first slide, which must include the following
information:
o Case No.
o Module Group
o Module Tutor
5. Submissions
The following files are to be submitted via NYP LMS by the Group Member listed
first in the module group attendance list. (E.g.: If your group consists of members with
attendance list register number 1, 2, 7 and 8, then the member with register number: 1
will make the submission.)
5.1.3 Complete the questions in NYP LMS about cloud technologies and their
effects on collaborative work in this assignment.
5.2.1 A penalty of 5% on the total base marks to be deducted for each working
day of late submission. Any submission after 5 working days will be
awarded zero mark (0m).
5.2.2 Note: Late submission is not meant for correcting errors in your
submitted assignment after the due date. As such, any subsequent
submissions after the due date will not be accepted for marking. E.g.:
o You have submitted 2 versions of your work before the due date but
subsequently submitted the 3rd version after the due date. Only your
2nd submission will be accepted for marking.
o You have not submitted any work before the due date. You
subsequently submitted 2 versions after the due date. Only your 1st
submission will be accepted for marking.
5.2.3 The submission link on Blackboard will be closed after the due date. A
late submission link will be available on Blackboard for 5 working days
after the due date. All late submissions must be submitted via this late
submission link.
5.3 Plagiarism
5.3.1 Plagiarism is serious matter. Plagiarism is the act of taking and using the
whole or any part of ideas, words or works of other people and passing it
off as one’s own work, without acknowledgement of the original source.
The act of plagiarism is an offence under NYP Academic Integrity Policy:
https://www.nyp.edu.sg/current-students/academic-matters/nyp-
academic-integrity.html. Any act of plagiarism may be construed as
academic dishonesty. A candidate who, after due disciplinary process, is
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5.3.2 It is also important not to share your or your group’s work with other
learner(s) or group(s). ALL parties involved in any act of plagiarism
(including learner(s) or group(s) who have shared their work with
others) would be liable for disciplinary action under NYP Academic
Integrity Policy.
5.3.3 If any learner had asked you to share your work with him/her, it is
important to turn down his/her request and report the incident immediately
to your module tutor to safeguard your integrity.
5.4.1 All learners are expected to contribute actively to their group project. Any
non-contribution/ free rider must be brought to the attention of the module
tutor as soon as possible so that early intervention measures can be
implemented. Free-riders who are only highlighted at the end-of-project
peer evaluation exercise may not be penalised if they are not highlighted
during the interim reporting of non-contributor/ free rider. The e-survey to
report any free rider(s) during project development will be provided in
NYP LMS.
o Each learner will rate the contribution of other team members using
a 10-point scale through a confidential digital peer evaluation form
administered by their module tutor. The award of peer evaluation
scores for other team members should be based on the quality of
each team member’s collaboration practices (self-awareness &
management, leadership, interpersonal & collaboration, as well as
communication & inclusivity skills). You should also take into
account each team member’s attendance and punctuality during
project meetings.
o Your module tutor will only deduct a free rider’s group component
score if his/her average peer evaluation scores awarded by team
members is less than 5 points out of 10. (i.e. team members had
rated that the free rider had contributed, on average, less than 50%
to the group project.) As such, you should award less than 5 points
(less than 50%) for a free rider’s peer evaluation score with
substantiative reasons/ justifications/ examples so that he/she can
clearly be identified as a free rider.
6. Presentation
6.1 Style
o Your tutor takes the role of your company’s supervisor in this role-
play.
6.1.3 The presentation should focus on presenting the findings. However, you
must be prepared to explain, if asked by your supervisor:
6.2 Attire
6.3 Participation
7. Assessment
The group component of this assessment carries a total of 120 marks and
constitutes 60% of the assessment score. The presentation, peer evaluation and
individual journal component of this assessment carries a total of 60 marks and
constitutes 40% of the assessment score.
As a whole, this assessment constitutes 50% of the overall grade for this
module.
2. Calculated new data columns with Information about the Business – 36m
ANNEX A
1 01.empire_retail 4 04.strong_gym
2 02.napo_cruises 5 05.oleary_seafood
3 03.peak_driving 6 06.south_resort
The company Empire retail wants to understand the retail revenue better by
analyzing the revenue collected from its item category sales and parking facilitates
income for the year of Jun to Sep 2022. The company also wishes to understand its
customer profile and spending habits.
Napo is a cruise operator that runs cruise trips throughout Asia. Five cruise agents
are selling her cruise trips, and the operator wants to know their traveller profiles to serve
them better. The company also wants to know which journey is the most revenue-
generating and profitable.
Peak driving plans to set up a fourth driving school and is trying to find out more
from the students who have just passed their driving test. It seeks to understand the
preference of the students and the general profile they can target in their marketing.
Strong Gym owns runs exercises classes in 3 branches around Singapore. The
company is trying to understand which class is the most profitable as they are paying
their instructors based on commission. The company also seeks to understand which
exercise courses have a higher potential to have more classes enrolled.
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Oleary seafood owns three subsidies that sells seafood using online platform, they
3 subsidies sells their product at slightly different prices due to different operational
costs. Oleary plans to streamline its product sales, it seeks to find out which product
attributes affects its customers’ feedback and improve its business.
South resort operates a resort hotel in the southern islands, its hotel is also near
a theme park where the visitors get discounts to the theme park based on the room
package. The company seeks to understand which hotel room generates the most
revenue and is the most popular by demand as it plans to renovate to re-configure its
rooms.
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ANNEX B
Presentation Guideline
Component Marks 0 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6
Communicating 6 marks - Exhibits doubt and inaccuracies in - Identifies purpose in delivery at times - Clear identification of purpose and
Purpose content knowledge - Exhibits understanding of content delivery of relevance.
(content knowledge, - Presents merely topic intro and and confidence more than half the - Establishes credibility by projecting
purpose) thank the audience time confidence in content knowledge.
- Confuses the audience with the
presentation
Simplify / Synthesise 6 marks - Little attempt to interpret research - Simplifies complex ideas to increase - Consistent in simplifying complex
(Explanation, material understanding with some ideas into digestible parts
selection, and use of - Weak in simplifying and inconsistency - Presents relevant and relatable
examples) summarising ideas - Presents some effective examples examples
- Lacks / irrelevant / ineffective - Some slips in logical - Shows understanding through
examples progression of ideas summarised delivery
- Ideas are poorly organised - Logical progression of ideas
Engaging 6 marks - Presenter tends to move away - Exhibits some awareness of space - Exhibits awareness of space
(Spatial awareness, from the audience - Body Language projects confidence - Body Language projects confidence
Body Language, - Body Language clearly shows in communicating with the audience and eases all the time
Verbal cues, disinterest / nervousness / lacks most of the time - Gestures match verbal instruction
audience confidence - Gestures match verbal instruction and are useful in signalling attention to
awareness) - Gestures largely missing / robotic though not always useful key details
delivery - Exhibits awareness of techniques in - Exhibits an ability to use verbal
- Verbal expression is monotonous / verbal expression expression to draw audience attention
impedes understanding at times - Manages audience expectations with - Involve the audience to establish
- Shows disinterest in connecting some success rapport
with the audience
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Component Marks 0 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 6
Fluency 6 marks - Formal language is used for most
(use of Standard - Colloquial terms / slang used - Exhibits ease in use of formal
parts of the presentation
English liberally. language
- Fillers appear in speech but generally
/ technical terms, - Slips in grammar - Absence of fillers
do not impede understanding
Links, Diction) - Fillers are distracting - Careful selection of Diction to
- Acceptable diction
- Diction leaves much to be desired enhance content delivery