- You will use project management tools and strategies to propose how you would support and potentially implement a small nursing informatics project. While you may not have the opportunity to implement this proposed project, this project will allow you to apply the skills needed and the considerations that are required in deducing how a project of this scope might take place in your nursing practice. To complete this project, you will define a small informatics project that would be beneficial to your healthcare organization or nursing practice. You can discuss this with upper leadership, in your practice or organization, explaining that you will need to design, plan, and propose how to implement and evaluate a small informatics project that can be completed within a 9-week time frame during this course. This project will be completed in two parts.
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This week, you will continue working on the Scope, Charter, and SWOT Analysis that you have been working on throughout the last three weeks.
For Week 4, complete the following:
- RACI (responsibility chart) which outlines who will be responsible for which tasks, if working with a team. An example can be found in the Sipes text on pages 102–103.
- Communication plan – Include documentation of all communications, status reports, changes made, next steps, especially if others will be responsible for helping you acquire documents such as IRB site documents if applicable. An example can be found in the Sipes text on page 109 and on pages 141–143.
- Change management plan – Document all changes as they occur (e.g., meetings moved, revisions of drafts of project, due dates moved due to changes, changes in scope of project, change in team members). An example can be found in the Sipes text on pages 106, 108, 138 and on pages 156–157.
- Risk management plan – After viewing the “Risk Analysis How to Analyze Risks on Your Project” media piece in this week’s Learning Resources, document the impact of COVID-19 on current processes and potential for change. Be sure to also document how risk may be mitigated if possible. An example can be found in the Sipes text on pages 103–105.
By Day 7 of Week 5
These four planning documents will be added to the six design and planning documents from Weeks 1–4. Please ensure you keep current/updated all documents as you develop this project.
You are not required to submit this assignment this week.
Note: You will need to update your Part 1 submission, incorporating Instructor feedback before the Final Project submission in Week 9.
