1.  the final of three assignments that, as a whole, will cover all aspects of the project life cycle relevant to your selected project.
   At this point, your project sponsor has approved your project proposal and has asked you to come up with a proposal for the execution, control, and closure for the project.
   Requirements
   Write a 4–6 page paper in which you:
   • Provide a brief summary of your project.
   • Identify and discuss your project’s greatest challenges (at least three) and provide a recommendation for addressing each of the challenges.
   • Examine how you manage your project performance via earned value management (EVM).
   • Identify at least three key EVM metrics you will use for your project.
   • Discuss your plan to properly close your project when it is over.
   • Use at least three academic resources for this assignment. Use the Strayer Library to conduct your research. These resources should be related to your chosen project and the content you provide in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality references
     This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
     The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
   • Develop a proposal to communicate project execution, control, and closure strategies to a specified audience.
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Proposed project of making footwear by recycling waste products.
Abstract
The proposed project is of a start-up company which would be making footwear by recycling of waste products. This will take into account the world’s major problem attributed to the increasing waste products. There is dire need in achieving an environmentally friendly through waste product recycling, especially plastics to make footwear. This project will entail the collections of plastic waste products and using them to make various types of shoes (Lee M, & Rahimifard, 24). The project proposes employment of an innovative, eco-friendly and high replicable recycling system for the waste products in shoe manufacturing, with an aim of closing the cycle of footwear material and makes it possible for the non-renewable material to be used in shoemaking.
Goals and objectives
The manager of this project will ensure that the core goals and objectives of the project are well met, and as a passionate environmentalist will also make sure there is proper coordination with the key stakeholders and project members so that the project is set up where dumping sites for the waste products are. The project is expected to take a period of one year to be complete and fully operational. This paper will critically describe the proposed project of footwear making from recycled waste products and further describe the project goals and objectives, the management structure and the target market as well the key stakeholders. Since it’s a start-up footwear company, our primary goal will entail making use of the waste products to conserve the environment in the best way possible.
The project also aims at tackling an increasing unemployment rates in the country by hiring and improving employee satisfaction through introducing a very flexible working hours. Most of the company employees will be involved in the collection of waste products at their convenience so that they would be able to work at an appropriate time that fits their schedule. disposal of waste products has been one of the country’s biggest problem in recent times, hence constant processing of these waste products would go a long way in reducing the existing filthy environment make sure the environment is suitable for human sustainability (Lee M, and Rahimifard, 43).
As a start-up company which aims at making shoes from waste products, our objective will be to exceed our target customer’s anticipation through adapting our product portfolio that would be able to meet the dynamic desires of customers. We would ensure that we manufacture high quality, durable and pocket friendly products and meet the customer needs. This will enable the company to increase its sales volume, combine the technology and design to offer the best footwear products to our potential customers.
The best management structure will be employed which will use the matrix management structure specifically a well balance matrix. This type of management structure integrates projectized and functional management structures.  The hybrid structure that overcomes the limitations associated with the two management structures would precisely fit our project.
The project manager will be accountable for project planning, general integration, project execution and proper completion of the project activities. All these activities and processes involved will be from the collection of raw materials up to the sale of the final product will be executed using merely the assigned resources. Under this type, the project and the functional managers will be sharing their respective roles and responsibilities. For instance, the functional team specializes in the abilities and skills needed for our project. While the project manager will manage the project team, the functional managers would control the entire process in the company. The only overall authority that will be shared with functional managers will be determining the project’s strengths (Satra, 97).​
The central stakeholders to our footwear company will be our employees, the suppliers, government, among others. They will play an important role in our project and will be very essential for its success. For instance, the company’s employees will be the core players in the collection of raw materials (waste products) and even the manufacturing of the final products. Because of their skills and expertise, they will be able to produce high-quality footwear products that would be competitive in the global market. The company workers will in turn earn incomes which will improve their living standards and meet their daily needs. ​Additionally, the government will legalize and authorize the company and make sure it adheres to the legal policies of the country. It would further collect taxes from both the business and its employees and the company’s sales. On the other hand suppliers will ensure there is constant supply of raw materials to the company for the continual manufacture of footwear and their ultimate movement to potential consumers in the market.
The project will be expected to become and remain competitive in the product realm since company employees will be reporting to the very functional manager and simultaneously to project manager. Thus, we will be able to realize a balance between routine tasks and project. This specific type of matrix structure; the balanced management structure, which entails a sturdy focus on the project, easier post-project transitions, flexible and effectual use of organizational resources.  Although they are waste products, the project will maximize their usage while minimizing costs and reducing their adverse effects to the environment (Staikos & Rahimifard, 412). However, as a two-dimensional structure, the employees will be distributed into the functional team and the project team.​ The main consumers for our final products would be football players, athletes and basketball players and other sportsmen in various sports across the world. These are mostly people of between 20 to 30 years who are athletes and those passionate about sports. This will be the sturdiest consumer market for our high-quality and cheap footwear across the world.
With constant supply of raw materials that is waste products will imply that the environment would be conducive for livelihood and sustainability. This would entirely meet our project’s core objectives of ensuring a friendly living environment through reducing pollution resulting high rates of waste disposal. In collaboration with other project members and key stakeholders, the company would be successful and long-standing.
The project will ensure that the company utilizes a wide variety of materials and processes to manufacture a range of distinctly different footwear products, which is from sandals to more specialized safety footwear. The shoes produced will be designed to fulfil an array of customer needs in relation to fashion and function, and also incorporate varied range of styles and designs. This will make sure the project is dynamic and up to date with the current trends in the market.
Key milestones
The worldwide footwear consumption has doubled every 20 years; this project will be of great importance in meeting the market demands by maximizing on the shoe manufacturing from the waste product.  There has been a considerable increase in the worldwide per capita consumption of footwear, thus our production will be based on the market demand and make sure that we fit into the shoe manufacturing industry by not only selling our products but also ensuring that our environment is conversed well for life sustainability. This will substantially increase our production and even expansion of the project, hence increase in the profits and cost friendly products to our potential customers across the world (Satra, 123). This would be a key milestone for our company that aims at producing more footwear in the market.
The dumping of waste results in serious environmental pollution of rivers, groundwater and well as harmful emissions of greenhouse gases. Hence, this project will considerably help in reducing waste disposal in the environment, which is one of our key objectives. It will promote diversion of waste materials from the dumping site towards products and materials recycling by use of a variety measures (Staikos & Rahimifard, 421). However, the concept of producer responsibility will emerge and extend the liability of manufacturers, retailers and distributors beyond the use of phase of products and close the loop with respect to waste management and material use. Thus in this context, the producer responsibility legislation is expected to affect the footwear sector, hence this project will provide sustainable solution to this effect.
Overall cost
The project will consider a number of factors before commercial implementation of the footwear recycling system are established. These factors will include market conditions, material revenues and local and graphical influences like cost of labor, transport, government taxes and many other costs that will be incurred while setting up the project. However, in the context of this proposed project, direct processing costs will be discussed. For instance the total investment costs are likely to be $150,000; this will include running costs for energy, labour, collections, manufacturing, packaging and transportation to the market.