In the U.S. 40.4 percent of its population hold an Associate’s degrees or higher. Denver, Colorado is in the top 20 cities with 44% of its constituents holding an Associates degree or better with a whopping 15% having earned a Masters degree. Yet, pedigrees alone will not sustain one’s employment in turbulent times.

To manage effectively across the organization, acute awareness regarding the interdependency of departments, partnerships, culture, and subcultures is critical. Amplified global competition, rapidly developing advancements in technology, and the fluctuations of customer demand have produced shorter product life cycles, thus creating the need for faster product development.

The purpose of this article is to offer insight to Project Managers as to how to develop a Communications Plan. In order to achieve this learning, this Communication Plan is established to monitor the launching of a fictional, locally owned and operated Weight Loss Center headquartered in the Denver Technological Center (DTC) area of Centennial, Colorado.

It will begin with an overview and analysis of the DTC project, including the ingredients for project success. It will provide suggestions for a forecast of the time required to complete the project. It will conclude with the project closure process.

A corporation, product, or process that is not regularly examined and evaluated cannot understand why it has succeeded or why it has failed.

SWOT Analysis is a method for strategy formulation and implementation used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in the early stages of change management.