ISYE 6414
User accounts will be set up and emailed byAugust 23.
Your project deliverables and Peer Reviews will be submitted via this account.
Your individual code will be submitted via your group's GitHub repository, which we'll invite you to after your account is created.

Final Project Introduction

Overview

Objective
Run a real analysis using what you have learned in ISYE 6414, and present it the way you would to an executive team: sparse text, strong graphics, and your reasoning in the presenter notes.
Your group finds its own data and tests questions or assumptions about what it contains. It has to meet the size and shape requirements — one dataset is fine if it clears both bars.

Team Project Requirements

A team project — no solo work. Teams are 3 or 4 members, either size final. Form your own; anyone unassigned after the deadline is placed by the instructor.

How the Project Runs

One completion-only milestone, then three graded deliverables, each building on the last.

Team + Topic
Form your team and commit to a research question. Completion-only.
Deliverable 1: Proposal & EDA
A deck: your question and why it matters, brief prior work, your data and key variables, and exploratory analysis that earns its visuals.
Deliverable 2: Progress Report
Written, not a deck. What is done, what is outstanding, and what has gone wrong.
Deliverable 3: Final Report
The completed analysis, as a deck with the reasoning in the presenter notes.
Peer Reviews
Three rounds, one after each deliverable, rating how the work was shared.
Four weeks to form teams
You have until Sep 20, 2026, 11:59 PM US Eastern Time to form a team and settle on a topic — deliberately generous, so teams stop reshuffling and start working. Anyone still unassigned after that is assigned to a team by the instructor.

Some people will likely drop the course. If groups become much too small, we'll reassign/combine groups to maintain appropriate team sizes.

Smaller Teams, Same Standards

A team of 3 is graded to the same standard as a team of 4. The requirements do not scale with team size.

Everyone is expected to contribute to each element of the project. If you don't contribute adequately, you'll be penalized (up to being given a 0 for that deliverable).

Project Timeline

gantt title ISYE 6414 Final Project Timeline (Fall 2026) dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD axisFormat %b %-d section Team Team Formation + Topic Selection :t1, 2026-08-24, 27d Team + Topic Due :milestone, tm, 2026-09-20, 0d section Deliverable 1 Proposal & EDA :d1, 2026-09-28, 27d Proposal & EDA Due :milestone, d1m, 2026-10-25, 0d Feedback & Grades Returned :milestone, d1fb, 2026-11-08, 0d section Deliverable 2 Progress Report :d2, 2026-10-26, 20d Progress Report Due :milestone, d2m, 2026-11-15, 0d section Deliverable 3 Final Report Writing :d3, 2026-11-02, 41d Thanksgiving Break :crit, tb, 2026-11-25, 3d Final Report Due :milestone, d3m, 2026-12-13, 0d section Peer Reviews Round 1 Reviews :pr1, 2026-10-25, 7d Round 1 Due :milestone, pr1m, 2026-11-01, 0d Round 2 Reviews :pr2, 2026-11-15, 7d Round 2 Due :milestone, pr2m, 2026-11-22, 0d Round 3 Reviews :pr3, 2026-12-06, 7d Round 3 Due :milestone, pr3m, 2026-12-13, 0d