Discuss the company’s overall strategic plan.Discuss how the project’s DEI plan fits into the company’s overall strategic plan.

7-2 Project Submission

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:

Determine how an organization gains a competitive advantage

Determine organizational risk and growth opportunities in order to develop a strategic plan

Defend business decisions in support of an organization’s strategic plan

Describe the company’s current value proposition in the market.

Describe the selected company’s main product or service.

Discuss the company’s overall strategic plan.

Describe the competitive advantage the company will gain by funding the project.

Describe how you discovered an opportunity to do something better than your competitors.

Determine how the new product or service shifts the value proposition of the company.

Determine if the new product or service could disrupt the current industry.

Identify the risks associated with the development of this new product or service.

Describe the areas of potential growth for the company.

Identify the growth opportunities within the company.

Explain how the competitive advantage allows for growth.

Explain how the new product or service adds to the portfolio of the company.

Describe the targeted segment.

Identify the target customer.

Explain your blue ocean strategy.

Explain the risks associated with projected sales.

Determine if the project is profitable.

Determine the impact on the functional areas of the business (accounting, marketing, sales, and so on).

Outline the plan to service the community or customers that purchase the product or service.

Discuss how the idea demonstrates corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Identify what the company has invested in as it relates to the communities they serve.

Discuss how a good CSR plan helps the company gain competitive advantage.

Summarize how the project will include a variety of perspectives to get a better unique value proposition.

Determine if the company has a corporate culture built on DEI.

Discuss how the project’s DEI plan fits into the company’s overall strategic plan.