This document contains an outline for a group project analyzing the financial statements and ratios of IBM and Apple from 2008-2014. It includes sections on the companies' financial sheets, ratios, bonds, cash conversion cycles, and inventory/receivables/payables turnover. The group poses several questions for analysis, including the most significant changes to the companies and industry ratios over time and differences between their changes. Graphs are requested comparing the companies' and industry's key financial ratios from 2008-2014, and indicating differences between IBM and Apple in 2014. References are provided for financial data on IBM and Apple.