we finally have an SCP...!!!

When this current term is over, we will be required to participate in strategic consulting projects over the months of July and August. The projects will be done in four-man teams, and will be with companies who are offering projects to SBS. The past few weeks there have been endless presentations which we have had to attend by all of the company representatives pitching their projects. Once a team expresses interest in a project, there is an interview process and the company chooses which team they would like to work with.

Each of these expressions of interest and interviews for projects can take up to 15 hours to prepare for, and usually have to be done within just a day or two of the company presentations. The process is very arduous and has been a been eater of my time in recent weeks, with lectures and coursework taking a backseat until all of this is settled.

I’m happy to report that after unsuccessfully applying for a few projects, my team has just today been told that we have been accepted for a project working with SAS – the software company. SAS’s main product is a statistical program which is used by firms when conducting market research. From what we currently understand, our project will be centred around gaining a better understanding of how their clients use their products, and if there are customer needs which are not currently being met. It should be fairly interesting, and with any luck, the team will get a few short trips to Germany, and the office we are working with is based in Heidelberg. What a relief to finally have something settled!!!