Problem 1: Perform a preliminary SWOT analysis of strategies chosen for the project. A SWOT analysis consists of examining the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the strategies being considered for implementation from a general overview orientation.
o Strengths: In general, what does the organization or situation already have working in its favor that will aide in implementation?
o Weaknesses: In general, what does the organization or situation have working against it that will hinder implementation?
o Opportunities: In general, what opportunities will this strategy or strategies offer the organization or situation?
o Threats: In general, what threats confront the organization or situation if the strategy is not implemented or if it is implemented poorly?
Problem 2: Indicate how these strategies could be implemented. Particular attention should be paid to any issues within the organization or situation that would make implementation too costly or likely to fail to win sufficient support from stakeholders within the organization.
o Particular attention should be paid to potential resistance to change within the organization
o Prepare a rough budget or financial overview of the cost of implementation.
o How will this project ensure management success under remaining cost, schedule and performance requirements?
Problem 3: This assignment should form the basis for how this project will come together. This will facilitate charting the direction and assessing the overall value of the project and evaluating the challenges that the project will encounter and provide a rough draft of the Phase refinement of your SWOT analysis.