BUSA90520 Data Wrangling and Visualisation Assignment Questions 2025 | UoM

Overview 

This assignment is worth 18% of the overall subject grade. 

This assignment is due on Monday, May 5, 2025at 11:59 AM.

The assignment must be submitted via the University of Melbourne LMS.

One person must upload one single ZIP or RAR file on behalf of the group, containing: 

• One Tableau workbook. A single file must contain your dashboard, data sources and visualisations.
• 2-3 minute video with your brief analysis and recommendations. 

It is to be completed in groups of up to 4 students. You will be assessed as a group. All group members are expected to contribute equally to their group's effort. Each group is responsible for managing the distribution of the workload for completing the project. 

BUSA90520 Learning Outcomes 

This assignment will allow you to develop your ability to analyse data and prepare and present information to support operational and strategic decision making using a variety of technologies such as databases, programming languages and visualisation software. More specifically:

Use data visualisations to compare aggregate measures between subsets of data or over time, to identify patterns, trends and exceptions present in data. 

Interpret data visualisations to explain financial and/or operational outcomes and make recommendations for actions likely to improve those outcomes. 

Design the layout and content of an interactive dashboard to support decision making. 

Implement an interactive dashboard with TableauTMsoftware. 

• Import/connect data for analysis.
• Select chart types that are relevant to identified areas of analytical inquiry.
• Create charts to visually display data in ways that aid interpretation of that data.
• Make appropriate use of interactivity to make additional detail available on demand.
• Implement a simple prediction model and use it to forecast future outcomes.

Preparation 

Download and install Tableau Desktop software and any necessary drivers to retrieve data from SQL server databases. See the relevant LMS pages for instructions.

Obtain and enter a license key to register Tableau for educational use.

Refer to the briefing document for relevant information about Muesli Pty Ltd. 

Download the additionally provided data files.