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16-20 November 2020 On-line
Every worker must do some basic analysis, make presentations, and submit reports.Many organizations do not have the “fancy” software packages to create documents that instructional designers may have.However, most organizations have the Microsoft Office Suite.
In the past 10-15 years, Microsoft have updated the capabilities in their Office Suite, especially in Excel. This course is designed to present the basic capabilities to prepare and brief presentations and reports that their managers will understand and be able to take appropriate actions.
The student will need to bring laptops with the Microsoft Office Suite.During class, the instructor will present an overview of a topic, let the students work on their own to practice the topic, and then go over their results as a class.Then at the end of the course, students will be given a project with a dataset.They will have to do some basic analysis, create a brief, and present the brief to the class.
Trena Lilly is an Operations Research Practitioner with degrees from North Carolina A&T State University, from University of Maryland, College Park and the George Washington University. She joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) in June 1997. Ms. Lilly is currently the Deputy Technical Lead for the Next Generation Surface Weapon (NGSW) Study and the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) Lead for Aegis BMD. Ms. Lilly is a Past President and Fellow of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS).
Kirk Michealson is an Operations Research Practitioner with Operations Research Analysis (applied math) degrees from the United States Naval Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also a retired Navy Surface Warfare Officer, Retired Lockheed Martin Fellow for Operations Research Analysis, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Past President & current Fellow of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS). He has designed content for a web-based operations research analysis course for the Chief of Naval Operations’ Assessment Division and has taught various courses over his career.
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Monday, 4 May 2020: Basics, Probability & Statistics 1000-1500 EDT Introductions and Course Information Excel Basics: Part 1 Break Excel Basics: Part II Break Probability & Statistics: Part I Break Probability & Statistics: Part II Day 1 Wrap-Up
Tuesday, 5 May 2020: Charts & Data Query 1000-1500 EDT Day 1 Review and Day 2 Preview Creating Charts: Part 1 Break Creating Charts: Part II Break Data Query: Part 1 Break Data Query: Part II Day 2 Wrap-Up
Wednesday, 6 May 2020: Dashboards & Presenting Results 1000-1500 EDT Day 2 Review and Day 3 Preview Visual Basic / Dashboards: Part I Break Visual Basic / Dashboards: Part II Break Presenting Results to Senior Leaders Part I Break Presenting Results to Senior Leaders Part II Break Presenting Results to Senior Leaders Part III Day 3 Wrap-Up
Thursday, 7 May 2020: Capstone Project 1000-1800 EDT Days 1-3 Review & Capstone Preview Capstone Project Self Study Capstone Briefs
Payment Options The "Invoice Me" option can only be used for the registration fee. If you need assistance registering please contact Ms. Tina Yan, tina.yan@mors.org
