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2. HCIS 410 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCIS 410 Entire Course HCIS 410 Week 1 DQ 1 What is project management? What is the project manager's role in a health care IT project? • HCIS 410 Week 1 DQ 1 • HCIS 410 Week 1 DQ 2 • HCIS 410 Week 1 DQ 3 • HCIS 410 Week 2 DQ 1  • HCIS 410 Week 2 DQ 2 • HCIS 410 Week 2 Project Charter and Scope Presentation

3. HCIS 410 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCIS 410 Week 1 DQ 2 HCIS 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Why should people who typically perform project work be involved in estimating a project? • What is the relationship between scope, schedule, and budget?

4. HCIS 410 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCIS 410 Week 2 DQ 2 HCIS 410 Week 2 Project Charter and Scope Presentation Prepare a project charter as a 9- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, not including the title or reference slide. Your charter must include the following elements: The project stakeholders A description of the project and its value to the organization The project scope An estimate of the project schedule An estimate of the implementation budget, not the monthly operation fees • What is a work breakdown structure (WBS)? • What purpose does it serve in project time management? How might you use a WBS in your personal or professional life?

5. HCIS 410 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCIS 410 Week 3 DQ 1 HCIS 410 Week 3 DQ 2 Imagine you are managing a large health care IT project. The project is far behind schedule. Your steering committee has asked you why the project is so far behind schedule. What elements of the project quality plan can help you answer these questions? • You are managing a health care IT project with hundreds of tasks. • Why is knowing the critical path important to helping you prioritize which tasks you should pay most attention to?

6. HCIS 410 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCIS 410 Week 3 Work Breakdown Structure PART 1 HCIS 410 Week 4 DQ 1 What are the key elements of a risk management plan? Are any elements more or less important? Explain your answer. • Complete the Work Breakdown Structure, Part 1 assignment. • Include the following: • Minimum of eight major phases, with at least three tasks under each phase • List of all work tasks needed to complete the project • Estimated duration of each task • Identification of major milestones, such as completing each major phase • Submit the Work Breakdown Structure, Part 1 in a Microsoft® Excel file to your facilitator.

7. HCIS 410 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCIS 410 Week 4 DQ 2 HCIS 410 Week 4 Work Breakdown Structure PART 2 Complete the Work Breakdown Structure, Part 2 assignment. Include the following: Start and end dates for each task Recommended resources—such as people, tools, and materials—for each task Estimated work effort for each task Relationship between tasks Estimated costs for each resource Gantt chart showing project timeline Project network diagram showing critical path Project budget that shows total cost of project and of each phase Submit the Work Breakdown Structure, Part 2 to your facilitator. • Imagine your health care organization has completed the implantation of a clinical information system. As the project manager, you’ve been asked to evaluate the project results as one of the final steps in closing the project. What are some measures of success? What are some techniques you could recommend to the steering committee that they could use to measure success?

8. HCIS 410 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCIS 410 Week 5 Business Case Summary HCIS 410 Week 5 DQ 1 Which kind of organizational structure is used in your current or prior organization, or an organization of your choice, to manage projects? Why? • Assemble all the sections into your final project management plan in a Microsoft® Word document. • Submit the Business Case Summary.

9. HCIS 410 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp HCIS 410 Week 5 DQ 2 • What are the attributes of high-performing project teams?

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