Suburban Homes Construction Project case study

Read the Suburban Homes Construction Project case study found at the end of chapters 1 through 4, CPM 4e and answer the following questions in a paper formatted using a question-response format: Question 1 (from Unit 1) – What advice would you offer to Adam Smith on improving the performance of project management and increasing project success rate? Minimum 250 words. Question 2 (from Unit 4) – Describe the organizational structure that might best suit Suburban Homes.

Ensure that your discussion includes all possible structures and why each is ruled out. Minimum 250 words. Question 3 (from Unit 4) – Describe the type of lifecycle best suited for their emphasis on high-quality construction. Ensure that your discussion includes at least 3 possible lifecycles and why two of them are ruled out. Minimum 250 words. You will be assessed on content and mechanics. Content (30 points/question): The content must be based on the case study materials and reading assignments.

The PMBOK 6e and CPM 4e, along with other reputable resources can be used to supplement the responses through summarizing, paraphrasing and quoting those sources. Mechanics (10 points): Each question response must be at at minimum 250 words. “Minimum” is that amount typically needed to meet expectations (to earn a “B”). To exceed expectations (to earn an “A”), a deeper discussion is needed. Each reference should be listed at the end of the paper following APA guidelines. Online blogs are not acceptable references. See Purdue OWL website for guidance on in-text citations.

Capital budget proposal presentation and a projected departmental budget

There are two components to this submission: a capital budget proposal presentation and a projected departmental budget. The capital budget proposal should be submitted as a presentation (either PowerPoint or an equivalent tool) with speaker notes. The projected departmental budget should be uploaded separately as an Excel spreadsheet. In Milestone Two, you submitted a rough draft of this projected departmental budget. Incorporate your instructor’s feedback and submit your final draft of the proposed departmental budget as part of your final project submission.

Luxury Real Estate Marketing

This is pretty high level. We will be marketing The DC Team at Long & Foster website, listings and brand utilizing: Highly convertible, user experience focused website.

Digital Marketing Analytics – key focus upon analytics helps with optimization of website and ad campaigns. Google Search and Retargeting Ads – Focused on bringing people searching for terms related to The DC Team at Long & Foster listings to the site – and retargeting to them to bring them back. Social Media Management

– focused on engaging specific demographics focused on purchasing and selling homes in The DC Team’s geographic areas Social Targeting Ads – Strategically focused ad campaigns on Facebook/Instagram/Spotify/Digital Billboards, etc., with the goal of brand recognition and bringing people to the site/listings. Newsletter/Email/SMS (Text Message) Marketing Campaigns – Easy newsletter subscription with quarterly newsletters sent to list with spotlight on specific listings, tips for buying/selling Automated email drip campaigns set up for different types of inquiries – one set for buyers, one set for sellers, one set for investors SMS (Text Message) campaigns, used to reach out to audience with new listings, open houses, etc. Merchandising

– The DC Team at Long & Foster branded shirts, hats, water bottles, coffee mugs, etc., help expand the reach of the brand to buyers, sellers, investors, etc.

Digital Strategy and Marketing Audit on a Business

For this assessment, you are to conduct a Digital Strategy and Marketing Audit either on your own business, a small-medium business, or a not-for-profit organisation. Do not choose a large national or multi-national company. To get the most benefit from this assessment, it is ideal if you can spend time engaging with the company first hand to get a strong understanding of their overall business strategy and all of its digital marketing platforms (e.g. website, mobile app, social media, ecommerce, etc.). Using the Digital Strategy Audit Checklist provided, complete the checklist for your organisation. There are many types of audit checklists; this one is a compilation of some of the ones on the internet. If you have one that is more relevant to your organisation, you must get it approved by your Workshop Facilitator. You will be required to submit the actual checklist completed as part of your report.

Internal Environmental Analysis

Assignment Content Resource: Strategic Plan Part 2: Internal Environmental Analysis Grading Guide Write a 1,050-word minimum internal environmental analysis in which you include the following: *** Assess the organization’s internal environment. *** Identify the most important strengths and weaknesses of your organization including an assessment of the organization’s resources. *** Identify important internal environmental factors found in your analysis of the general, industry, and external environments. *** Perform a competitor analysis. *** Assess the structure of the organization and the influence this has on its performance. *** Determine the organization’s competitive position and the possibilities this provides. Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Victim Service Organizations

Research a local, state, or federal victim service organization. Explain the services available. Include details such as whether or not they have a 24 hour response component. What services they are lacking? Describe why the services they are lacking are important and need to be added. In addition, research California victim’s rights laws and describe. Please include references using APA style.

Stakeholder Analysis Report

Assessment Instructions o Need to capture recent developments with regard to Facebook. o Incorporate academically oriented articles and books into the analysis. o Minimum five academically oriented articles and books apart from industry reports, credible online news sources, business magazines, websites, etc. o Concepts relevant for this assignment are in workshops 1-3 o Need to follow a report format The Executive summary and table of content will not be included in the word count

Analysis of Direct Costs

Description

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you: Predict the main costs (e.g., labor cost, material cost) associated with the production of VectorCal’s drone navigation system. Provide a rationale for the response. Compare and contrast the direct and indirect costs associated with the drone navigation system that both your company and VectorCal would assume. Predict whether or not your company could easily control these costs and thus reduce production expenses. Justify the response. Compare your company with VectorCal relative to the price of the acquisition, semi-variable costs, and allocated direct and indirect costs of the drone navigation system. Justify the response.

Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. (Sources cannot be older than 2009) Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: This course requires the use of new Student Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Describe some of the differences between equity financing and debt financing

Paper details:

1. Introduction 2. What is equity financing? 3. What is debt financing? 4. Describe some of the differences between equity financing and debt financing. 5. What are some of the benefits of equities and debt? 6. Conclusion

Social Media Marketing Plan

Social Media Marketing Plan

The purpose of this written project is to apply the theoretical material learned in the course through developing a mini social media marketing plan for your own College at BGSU (e.g., college of business, college of education and human development, etc.). The goal is that you can incorporate what you learn in the course plus your own experiences/viewpoints to help your College to improve its social media marketing effort. –**This is a 30-point assignment. The final submission page length should be at least 4-page single-spaced minimum, excluding front cover, table of contents, executive summary, and references. Your SMM plan grade will be determined by the quality of the writing, clarity, and thoroughness of the SMM plan. This is an essay-format assignment, please do not use bullet points (except the 2×2 SWOT table). The mini SMM plan should include the following sections: 1. Front Cover 2. Table of Contents 3. Executive Summary 4. Brief Overview –College overview –Current social media presence 5. Situation (SWOT) Analysis –Strengths –Weaknesses –Opportunities –Threats 6. SMM Objectives

7. SMM Recommendation and Improvements 8. References Submission format: –The written assignment should be in Word format and single-spaced pages. –Font: Times new roman (size 12) –References should be cited at the end of the assignment (if any). http://citationmachine.net/ –*Follow the academic and business writing style and avoid using contractions in writing. For example, “don’t” should be written, “do not”. Severe points will be deducted if you use contraction writing. –Check for grammatical or typo errors. –The submitted assignment will go through “TurnItIn” to check originality between your submission and online resources, and among your classmates’ submission. A high percentage of TurnItIn results means that the submission has potential plagiarism concern. If academic dishonesty is violated (i.e., plagiarism), the submission will receive 0 points and the student will further be subjected to penalties discussed in the Code of Academic Conduct section in the BGSU student handbook (Links to an external site.). Online submission: ONLY Microsoft word document, please. TurnItIn cannot open .txt files. Do not simply link google document to this submission. It would not work.