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Project Overview
Your friend, Rory, wants to open a doggie day care business. As her consultant, you will be helping Rory think through the different elements of starting up a business and planning for the needs of initial operations.
The various phases of the course project will bring you face to face with the intersection of law and business, as you help a hypothetical friend think through some practical business decisions. This kind of specific application of the ideas presented in this course will help you see just how much legal considerations impact business at many different points.
Part 1) 3 pages
The course project starts with a discussion to help you and your classmates brainstorm about different legal issues a business may need to consider. If you have experience with starting and running a business, please share your insights and observations. Even if you have never before given much thought to the many details involved in launching a business, you can contribute some fresh ideas to the discussion.
Discuss with your classmates at least three legal issues Rory should think about as she plans for the start-up of her doggy day care business. What are at least two types of laws should Rory consider? Where do those laws come from (federal, state law, other)? Give reasoned support for your answers.
Part 2) 3 pages
Previously, you came up with some ideas about legal issues a start-up business might need to consider. Now you will shift your focus on the pros and cons of different forms of doing business. Rory has asked you to recommend the business entity you believe will best fit her needs and preferences. In 3-5 pages address the following:

• Identify at least three options of business entities      Rory could use for her doggy day care business.
• State your recommended choice of entity
• Explain why you recommended this type of entity.

• Identify strengths and weaknesses of each business       entity form mentioned, including your recommended choice.
• Why did you choose your recommendation in spite of its       weaknesses and over the strengths of other options?
• Please give reasoned support for your answers
• Give informal credit (such as in-text reference       citations or web site addresses) to sources you quote or paraphrase.

Part 3) 3 pages
Rory needs your help deciding what terms and provisions she will put into a contract for her business. You may choose whether to work on an employment contract, a lease agreement, an agreement between your friend’s business and one of its vendors, an agreement between your friend’s business and its customers, or some other kind of agreement for the business. In 3-5 pages address the following:

• Explain a business situation in which Rory should use a      written contract for her doggy day care business.
• Write a contract for the business situation you      identified, making sure to include key terms to protect Rory’s business      interests.
• Explain why you chose the contract language you      included, and if you intentionally chose not to include any specific      contract language, explain your reasons for leaving out any such language.

Part 4) 3 pages
You now know how important it is to be careful about what agreements say. Now the key question is which structure – buying or leasing – will be the best way for your friend to get access to the real property and personal property she needs for the initial phases of her business. In 3-5 pages address the following:

• State whether Rory should lease or purchase building      space for her Doggy Day Care business.
• State whether Rory should lease or purchase office      equipment for her Doggy Day Care business.
• Give reasons in support of your choices.

Part 5) 1 pages
· Compile recommendations for start-up business on choice of entity, contract terms, manner of holding property, incorporating instructor feedback on these components.
· Add a conclusion in response to the question, “What did you learn from this project about the types of legal matters an entrepreneur needs to consider?”

The Fig Technologies Executive Leadership Council (ELC) has asked you to compile a report regarding the age demographics within the organization. Your findings are that employees between the ages of 18 to 25 comprise 11% of the workforce, employees 26 to 39 comprise 31%, employees 35 to 55 comprise 34%, employees 56 to 69 compose 18%, and the remainder are age 69 and above. You have been asked to compile a report regarding the advantages and disadvantages of developing a younger workforce in both professional and nonprofessional positions as well as for older employees 65 and above. Be sure to discuss age legislation and how this will affect any decisions the company may face. You must include a minimum of one outside resource for this component. This component of the report should be one to two pages included into the final report. The second part of this assignment is to submit the comprehensive research that you have compiled throughout your consulting contract over the past seven units. You are to provide a comprehensive report of the previous studies. Please add an executive summary of the steps for improving organizational diversity to the report being submitted to the ELC. The executive summary should be approximately half of a page. The report is the compilation of the previous project assignments. Please review these assignments, making any corrections based on instructor feedback. Add any transitions along with headers and sub-headers. Specific headings and sections should include the following: Executive Summary, Fair Treatment of Ethnicities, Benefits of Organizational Diversity, Improving Organizational Culture, Gender and Work-Life Balance, and Age Demographics. Your comprehensive report should include a title page and reference page. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Write a four to five (6-7) pages paper in which you:

1. Develop a project schedule that includes at least two (2) phases and twelve (12) tasks under the Agile delivery framework through the use of MS Project or Excel. Note: Submit a screenshot or image file that shows your work. The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
2. Determine the product vision and provide strategies for how to conduct the envisioning practice.
3. Determine the main roles of the Agile project team and explain whether the product manager should be from the IT field or non-IT related field.
4. Explain how iteration works in this project. Support your rationale.
5. Take a position on whether stories are important in the Agile delivery framework and explain why or why not. Include at least two feature-story examples to support your explanation.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA 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.