Resources: Project Implementation Plan: Part 1 (Human Resources Management Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, and Procurement Plan) from Week 3 and Project management: The managerial process (6th ed.).

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word Project Implementation Plan for the organization using the Project Charter selected by the Learning Team in Week 2, which will also be used for the final project due in Week 5. The Project Implementation Plan must include the following sections:

• Project Communications Plan: This plan should include the communications plan for project implementation. Your plan should:
  • Describe the communication models and methods that will be employed, and include a Data Flow Diagram.
  • Examine how the project inputs and outputs will be communicated, including performance reports and updates.
  • Describe the tools and techniques that will be used for the project, including information management systems and assets.
• Risk Analysis Plan: This plan should include risk analysis and contingency planning for the project. Your plan should:
  • Assess qualitative risk analysis inputs and outputs, including scope baseline, risk register, and environmental factors.
  • Evaluate risk analysis tools and techniques, and include sources of risk, a risk probability and impact assessment, and risk data quality and urgency assessments.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Tables may be used to format and organize the implementation plan. They can be included within the plan rather than at the end as normally required by APA guidelines.

Now that you know what you are buying, the requirements, and the types of contracts, you are ready to put the contracts out for bid. Continue to develop your procurement plan and align it with the rest of the project plan by deciding which bidding methods you will use for each of the following contracts:

• Hiring technicians to install and configure the software for your environment
• Hiring a training entity to teach the student PMs the mechanics of using the new tool
• Buying a new server and software to run the tool and house the project database
• Hiring tool usage experts to transfer knowledge to the student PMs about the use of the tool on the job for the first 60 days after going live
• Planning for the removal and disposal of scheduling tool software and hardware that are no longer to be used

Assignment Guidelines

• For each of the contracts above, address the following questions:
  • Which bidding method will you use? Why?
  • Were there other possible bidding methods that you considered for this contract? Explain.
  • How does this procurement task of bid selection integrate with the rest of the project for ADC?
  • Once you have selected the ideal bidding method and a bidder has been accepted, how will you ensure that the quality of the final product will be measured effectively?
  • What challenges will you need to overcome when measuring and ensuring quality? Why?
    • How will you overcome these challenges?
• Compile your responses for the above questions into a PowerPoint presentation of 8–12 slides with 150–200 words of speaker notes per slide.
  • Include additional title and reference slides.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Please submit your assignment.

Marketing Current Events Discussion

The Discussion topic for this current events Discussion focuses on Identifying market segments and targets. Select one article that applies to Identifying market segments and targets. Compose a short summary (300–500 words) explaining why and how this article is relevant to your unit’s materials. Keep in mind, when responding to each unit’s Article Review Discussion, your opinion is highly valued; however, the ability to integrate concepts and theories to support your ideas is also critical. This is true, not just in this class but during your business career.

Knowing what to do and how to do it is a valued skill in business, but knowing what to do and how to do it in every situation is the key to success. It is always important to apply theory to support your opinions! The better able you are to apply BOTH logic and theory, the better able you are to transfer your learning into practical application regardless of the task, project, or job.

Important: Apply concepts or theories from your textbook Reading to your review in the Article Review Discussion Assignments. Include a relevant quote from Chapter 9: “Identifying Market Segments and Targets,” of your Kotler and Keller Marketing Management textbook within your response. Include the Kotler and Keller reference at the end of your posting along with the reference for your selected article.

1. Post your summary and reference information.
2. Review other postings and compare and contrast your thoughts. What did you learn? What was your key takeaway? What other concepts or theories might be applicable?

Note: Do not copy and post any article as Kaplan respects copyright protection; only submit the link/reference information.

Remember that Wikipedia is not considered a credible source. NOTE: The article you find must have been written within the past 90 days.

Scenario

Please in 200-300 words essay format. Please also in APA format include a minimum of 2 sources that include in-text citations. Cindy Hart is 23 years of age. She was born on 6/11/86, the fourth child born to Betty Hart (born 6/1/66) and Barney Hart (born 4/11/55). Her father, Barney Hart, was an alcoholic who drank daily and recently passed away from cirrhosis of the liver. Mr. Hart was extremely violent with his wife and his children. He repeatedly beat his wife throughout the marriage and was often violent with the children. Cindy and her three siblings were taken from the custody of their parents several times during their formative years because of their father’s drinking, domestic violence, and their mother’s inability to protect them. Cindy likely bore the brunt of her father’s alcoholism and family violence because she was the youngest of her siblings, and her father’s alcoholism was severe for the last 12 years before his death. Cindy’s father could not hold a job because of his alcoholism, and her mother did not work, so the family had limited funds and finances were always a source of great strain and tension. Cindy’s mother was ineffectual and inept as a parent. She allowed repeated beatings of the children by Mr. Hart. Her mental health is questionable.

Her older siblings are Noah, age 25; Colleen, age 26; and Laura, age 28. Noah is currently incarcerated after recently being found guilty of drug trafficking. He is to serve a 40-year sentence. Colleen has six children; three of whom have been removed by Child Protective Services (CPS) because of issues involving drugs, inadequate supervision, and her recent arrests for prostitution. Laura, who is the most stable of the siblings, is married, has one child, and is working full-time as a physician assistant. She has no ties with her siblings or her mother.

Cindy Hart has never been married and has two children: Benjamin, age 5 and Luke, age 3. The children have different fathers and neither father is involved on a regular basis with either child. Cindy is receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) (i.e., welfare) and Medicaid as health insurance for the children. She lives in an apartment in a crime-ridden, rundown neighborhood. She did not complete high school and did not graduate with her class but instead she dropped out in the 11th grade. She had a series of drug binges during this period. She eventually did receive her GED and is very proud of that fact because only her sister Laura graduated.

Cindy works part-time in a day care center as an aide. She has a history of mental health treatment, which includes two psychiatric hospital stays (one at the age of 15 and the other at the age of 21). She currently takes antidepressant medication, has a dual diagnosis (DSM-IV-TR diagnosis plus a substance abuse diagnosis), and has very few social supports. She sees her psychiatrist monthly for medication consults but has missed her last two appointments. She also sees her social worker for ongoing mental health counseling twice per month but has missed her last two appointments.

Luke, her 3-year-old son, was recently diagnosed with autism, and Ben, her 5-year-old son, was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of 3 (2 years ago). Because she has not followed through with appointments, referrals, services for the children, and additional evaluations of the children, CPS has recently become involved. Cindy is in denial about her children’s special needs. She does not send Ben to school on a regular basis, and the school has notified the authorities.

Assume for purposes of this scenario that the state this scenario takes place in has a criminal statute that states parents can be charged with a misdemeanor when they do not ensure their child’s attendance at school under the compulsory education laws of the state.

Cindy has been charged with this misdemeanor, and the court has released her to pretrial diversion.

After reviewing the above scenario of Cindy Hart, do the following:

• Discuss how this pretrial diversion worker would serve as a case manager in this situation.
• Include 4 specific tasks the pretrial worker might do as the case manager for Ms. Hart. (e.g., referral).