Capstone Clients

Capstone Clients

Use our faculty and student expertise to benefit your business, and at the same time, give our students a new and unique challenge they will be excited to conquer.

Every day, our MBA students and faculty discover new ways to transform ideas into actions to create a better future. Of our graduate population, 85 percent are full-time working professionals, and almost half manage staff in the workplace.

Our dynamic faculty and our commitment to practice-based education helps produce students who can innovate for corporations, create solutions to customer needs, generate profits and increase shareholder return on investment. These solutions have funded the development of new products and services to fuel company growth.

Small Investments. Unprecedented Return.

987

projects completed

172,725

hours of professional consultation provided

$24.700万年

of value provided to clients

 

The program provides a cost-effective solution for corporations, non-profits, and governments that lack the time, budget, or human resources to address specific strategic 倡议. Consulting projects are carried out by teams of students working under the supervision of advisers with extensive consulting and project management experience.

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The Capstone Experience Timeline.

Capstone projects are completed during a 12-week period in either the fall, spring 或夏天. Below is a typical timeline:

阶段 Details
阶段 I (before the semester begins) Professor meets with the client to go over the parameters and cost of the project.
二期 Professor assigns students to the project. Each team of students elects a team leader and assigns other roles as necessary.
第三阶段 The team of students meets with their client to understand the client’s needs.
第四阶段 The team writes up a project proposal or scope of work to ensure that the client and team both understand the deliverables to be presented at the end of the 12 weeks.
第五阶段 The team works on their project with the guidance and feedback of the professor.
第六阶段 The team presents their report to the client.

 

Addressing Strategic Challenges.

University of Dallas Capstone

学生 in The Capstone Consulting Experience have completed over 900 projects for more than 500 companies, entrepreneurial ventures and nonprofit organizations. 典型的 projects include:

  • Business strategy
  • Marketing re搜索
  • Product feasibility
  • Special management projects including operations/supply chain, human resources and industry analysis

We work with organizations from many different industries and backgrounds. 这些包括:

  • Mid-sized organizations or a division/segment of a large organization
  • Dallas/Fort Worth-based companies (no student travel should be required to complete 这门课程)
  • 组织 or groups facing complex, multi-functional strategic challenges
  • Self-sustaining or external funding-supported organizations

Frequently Asked Questions

 

是的. There is a nominal charge considering the number of hours our very qualified professors and talented students put into the client project.
是的. For the Capstone, we look for a project that is strategic, has many complex parts, provides the client with actionable information and will provide our MBA students with a challenging learning experience.
Capstones are generally booked at least one semester in advance.
是的. Maintaining confidentiality of your proprietary information is an important aspect of our work with your organization during the Capstone project. Nondisclosure agreements are available for the student teams to sign as requested.