I have attached all of the Assignments with corrections, there are also audio files for you to listen and hear what the instructor is saying about each of the assignments. This assignment is about taking every that was submitted and making A+ quality Project Management Plan.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will have the opportunity to combine all you have learned throughout the course into a well-prepared project management plan. As the Signature Assignment, you will address how you, as the project manager, will manage the project scope, timeline, costs/budget, quality, risks, procurements, human resources, and communication. Your project management plan will demonstrate how you plan to address the project needs, while managing your team, stakeholders, tasks, and deliverables.
For this Signature Assignment, you will include the following enhanced artifacts created in Weeks 1-7 of the course. An enhanced artifact is one in which the feedback your professor has provided has been incorporated and/or applied to the original assignment, thereby increasing the quality of the final submission. Some of the required information from previous artifacts may be listed in bulleted format or charts/tables, while other areas require narrative. Your final submission should not be simply a collation of artifacts from Weeks 1-7; it should reflect improvement and a thoughtful presentation of course content.
Your Project Management Plan should include the following:
- Title page
- Project Introduction, including a background summary of the problem or challenge your project will address. Ensure to describe the project need, setting (region, community, or company’s name), stakeholders, project team, and other essential information to identify and explain the context of the project properly (Week 1)
- Project Goals and Scope (Week 1)
- Project Charter (Week 2.1)
- Project Requirements Gathering Plan (Week 2.1)
- Project Management Approach, including your WBS/Gantt chart, task, deliverables, and timeline (Week 2.2)
- Project Communication Plan (Week 3)
- Project Risk Management Processes (Weeks 4, 5 & 6)
- Project Procurement Plan (Week 7)
- Project Human Resource Management Plan (Week 7)
- Project Summary, which is a summary of the overall project that incorporates how project quality will be ensured
- Project Manager Reflection
As the project manager, share your thoughts about the project management process. Questions you might consider addressing include but are not limited to: What aspect(s) of the plan did you find most beneficial? What were your challenges? What skills are needed to effectively lead a project and its team? Which of these skills do you feel you currently possess and which do you feel you need development?
- Reference page
Length: Include a minimum of 12-15 pages.
References: A minimum of 7-10 references are required.
Your plan should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
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Perform a Risk Analysis
DHA-7010 – Project and Resource Management in Integrated Systems
4/05/20
COMMENTS: First-and-foremost … DO NOT block your text, Maria. Instead, it needs to be left-justified. This has been stated in the feedback on virtually all of your previous assignments. Otherwise, good job with developing your project’s risk analysis. You’ll find from my feedback below, there were some notable issues throughout – especially on the References page – that you need to address for future writings. Remember … when you open this document, make sure you go to the toolbar at the top of your screen and click the ‘Review’ link. From there, go to the right, click the dropdown, then click ‘All Markup’ to view all of my feedback (including any Track Changes, highlighted in-text comments, and ‘Comments’ bubbles located in the right-hand margin of the document).
Perform a Risk Analysis
Risk in research are factors that affect the smooth running of planned activities to achieve the goals of the project. This project focuses on assesses sources and types of risks that are likely to affect the achievement of the purposes of the project. These risks vary in terms of the severity that they have on the success of this project.
Top Project Risks
The high risks in this project include the following and are listed according to their severity.
i. Commercial Risks
These are the most significant and severe risks in this project that can adversely affect the success of the project if not appropriately addressed. They include implementation of management strategies,
strategic alliance and corporate acquisition, financing, and relationship with the largest shareholder (Cachada et al., 2019).
ii. Managerial Risks
Managerial risk factors in this project arise from management decisions that affect the flow of performing operations of this project. These set of risk arises from sources such as cost factors, which escalates the cost of conducting a project due to the inability to make proper cost estimations (Cachada et al., 2019).
iii. Technical Risks
Technical risk factors in this project arise from issues or activities associated with the scope definition, research design, research of information, and methods used to conduct the research study (Cachada et al., 2019).
Impacts of Risks on the Project
If not adequately addressed, commercial risks such as strategic alliance will directly affect the achievement of the project since they are the key factors that determine the smooth running of operations of this project (Farmer et al., 2019).
Appropriate addressing of managerial risk will help to ensure all activities of the project are performed according to the plan to achieve the goals of the project. Such risks occur when inappropriate management skills are used to run operations of the project (Farmer et al., 2019).
Technical risks affect the design and methods are used to achieve the goals of the project. These risks occur when the implementers of this project use inappropriate designs and tools to perform project activities (Farmer et al., 2019).
Frequency of Assessing the Top Risks
The rate of refreshing assessment of commercial risks in this project will be done most, preferably at the beginning of the project. Since such risks affect all activities of the project, it is vital to address them before the start of the project (Marcial & Graves, 2019).
The project managers of this project will refresh managerial risks frequently to ensure there are no managerial loopholes that can affect the success of the projects.
On the other hand, the project will refresh technical risks at different intervals to ensure that no technical issues that can affect achieving the goals of the project.
Owners of Top risks
The owner of commercial risks is the operations managers will be responsible for ensuring that of activities of the project run efficiently. In case of any signs of commercial risks, he or she reports the situation to the project manager.
On the other hand, the project committee is the owner of managerial risks and is mandated to assess the signs of such risks and give a report to the project lead (Marcial & Graves, 2019).
The owners of technical risks are technical teams who design methods and tools to use during project implementation. These teams present their report to the project manager indicating areas where technical inches were experienced (Fenget al., 2019).
Steps of Performing Risk Analysis
Four stages will be used to perform risk analysis in this project. The steps will systematically and will be based on their importance and effectiveness. The following steps will be used:
i. Risk Identification
In this step, the project manager will assess safety risks professionals working on the project. The most significant risk that will be handled here is technical risks that may cause injuries during project implantation (Fenget al., 2019).
ii. Deciding on who may harm severely
In this case, the next step will involve identifying the person who will be affected and how they will be affected. Technical teams of this project will be adversely affected by this risk if it occurs.
iii. Taking appropriate actions to prevent the occurrence of risks
Essential activities in risk analysis are taking proper causes of action to mitigate the risk. In this project, proper measures will be made all the three risks that are commercial, technical, and managerial risks to avoid the occurrence of further effects (Fenget al., 2019).
iv. Reviewing Risk Assessment
A risk assessment will be performed in this project by ensuring that all measures are put in place to avoid the chances of risks. The latter can be done by performing proper supervision, having suitable managerial styles, and adequate allocation of resources (Fenget al., 2019).
Analysis Approach to Use
In this project, a qualitative risk analysis techniques will be used to perform risk assessment analysis to help in knowing its possibility on the occurrence and the number of effects that it is likely to cause on the project (Fenget al., 2019). A qualitative approach is simple and involves simple observation of past activities of a similar project to identify the types of risk that the project is likely to face.
References
Cachada, A., Dias, A. C., Reis, A. P., Ferreira da Silva, E., Pereira, R., Duarte, A. D. C.,
& Patinha, C. (2019). Multivariate
analysis for assessing sources and potential risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Lisbon urban soils. Minerals
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(3), 139.
Farmer, R. F., Kosty, D. B., Seeley, J. R., Gau, J. M., & Klein, D. N. (2019). Family aggregation of substance use disorders: substance-specific, nonspecific, and intrafamilial sources of risk. Journal of
Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80(4), 462-471.
Feng, B., Li, L., Xu, H., Wang, T., Wu, R., Chen, J., … & Huang, W. (2019). PM2. 5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Beijing: Seasonal variations, sources, and risk assessment. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 77, 11-19.
Marcial, E., & Graves, B. A. (2019). Implementation and evaluation of diabetes clinical practice guidelines in a primary care clinic serving a Hispanic community. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 16(2), 142-150.
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Explain Healthcare Project Requirements Gathering Techniques
DHA-7010 – Project and Resource Management in Integrated Systems
3/22/20
COMMENTS: Good job, Maria. You explained the requirement techniques necessary to get your project up-and-running very nicely. You’ll find from my feedback below, there are a few very minor issues here-and-there. Also, you are still blocking your text; instead it needs to be left-justified throughout (even on the References page). Otherwise, good work!! As always, when you open this document, make sure you go to the toolbar at the top of your screen and click the ‘Review’ link. From there, go to the right, click the dropdown, then click ‘All Markup’ to view all of my feedback (including any Track Changes, highlighted in-text comments, and ‘Comments’ bubbles located in the right-hand margin of the document).
Explain Healthcare Project Requirements Gathering Techniques
Health docket in the United States has been one of the most active sectors over the past decade. However, the
State of Florida has been identified as one of the most affected regions. The rise of chronic conditions has been rising due to the increase in the aging population. Therefore, to reduce the number of people having chronic diseases, there is a need to implement appropriate health monitoring systems to help in reducing the effect of chronic conditions in the United States, especially in the State of Florida (Chapel, Ritchey, Zhang, & Wang, 2017). To achieve the goals of this project, information for stakeholders such as patients, healthcare professionals, and Health Ministry
will be necessary.
Project Requirements
The project seeks to find possible ways of reducing chronic conditions in the State of Florida. As such, it is vital to learn about stakeholders’ needs to help in achieving the goal of the project. The key stakeholders in this project are patients. They require to know various ways to avoid chronic conditions. This should be through mass education to teach them how engaging in physical activities can reduce chronic diseases among the old age (Chapel et al.
, 2017). Patients are profoundly affected by chronic conditions since most of them end losing their lives due to a lack of reliable information on how to handle chronic condition cases.
Health professionals are another group of stakeholders require proper training and information about how to address chronic condition whenever they are reported to them. As well, they need research updates on new ways of treating chronic diseases among the affected group (Dinh et al., 2016). Chronic problems affect health professionals indirectly through failing to contain chronic illness affecting their clients.
The Ministry of Health forms another essential stakeholder in this project. The role of the department is to give proper guidelines to healthcare professionals on how to handle chronic conditions. In doing so, the docket requires financial facilitation from the federal government to use in the procurement of drugs, training materials, and facilitating training programs of healthcare professionals (Reiners et al., 2019).
Project Planning
Project planning is one of the essential processes in this study. As well, requirements gathering is an important activity that will help in achieving the goals of the project. To collect the required information, the three groups of stakeholders will be engaged through face-to-face
interviews, questionnaires, and discussion to understand their take and efforts in the fight to reduce chronic conditions in the State of Florida (Reiners et al., 2019).
Project Initiation
The introduction of the project is the first process conducted to achieve the goals of a project. In this study, the project will begin by identifying patients’ requirements on how to reduce cases of chronic conditions in the State of Florida. The latter will be achieved by engaging patients to collect their opinion to help in coming up with appropriate strategies for reducing chronic cases among members of the public (Rush et al., 2018).
Health professionals will be in charge of collecting such information to obtain resources that can be used to execute activities of the project. On the other hand, health professionals will be trained to equip them with knowledge and skills that can enable then to attend to patients with chronic conditions (Rush et al., 2018). Health professionals like nurses; therefore, form a significant part of stakeholders in this study.
Project Evaluation
Evaluation is usually the final process in a project. It involves assessing the achievements of all activities and determine whether the intended goals were accomplished. In this study, an evaluation will include the likeliness of achieving the purposes of the project and whether the project should be executed as planned (Walker et al., 2019). As such, the goals of this project will be evaluated when the ministry of health will be able to receive enough financial support from the government to facilitate training and benchmarking of healthcare professionals to enable them to offer quality service to chronic condition patients.
Secondly, the success of the project will be assessed for patients who will be able to strictly follow health care professional guidelines on how to reduce the risk of chronic conditions. In this case, the quality and coverage of mass education and sensitization will be valued.
Furthermore, the timeline of the project will be evaluated by assessing if it is possible to achieve the goals of all activities within the timeframe allocated. However, this will majorly depend on the government’s ability to allocate enough financial resources in time to help in executing all activities as planned (Walker et al., 2019). Finally, since the primary goal of this project was to find ways of reducing chronic conditions in the State of Florida, the success will depend on government allocation of funds to facilitate the project.
References
Chapel, J. M., Ritchey, M. D., Zhang, D., & Wang, G. (2017). Prevalence and medical costs of chronic diseases among adult Medicaid beneficiaries. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(6), S143-S154.
Dinh, T. T. H., Bonner, A., Clark, R., Ramsbotham, J., & Hines, S. (2016). The effectiveness of the teach-back method on adherence and self-management in health education for people with chronic disease: a systematic review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 14(1), 210-247.
Reiners, F., Sturm, J., Bouw, L. J., & Wouters, E. J. (2019). Sociodemographic factors are influencing the use of eHealth in people with chronic diseases. International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(4), 645.
Rush, K. L., Hatt, L., Janke, R., Burton, L., Ferrier, M., & Tetrault, M. (2018). The efficacy of telehealth delivered educational approaches for patients with chronic diseases: A Systematic Review. Patient Education and Counselling, 101(8), 1310-1321.
Walker, R. C., Tong, A., Howard, K., & Palmer, S. C. (2019). Patient expectations and experiences of remote monitoring for chronic diseases: Systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 124, 78-85.
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Project Risk Response Plan
DHA-7010 – Project and Resource Management in Integrated Systems
4/12/20
COMMENTS: ONCE AGAIN … AND AGAIN … DO NOT BLOCK YOUR TEXT. Instead it needs to be left-justified. This has been stated time-and-time again in my previous feedback. Otherwise, this is a solid risk response plan; hits on the key elements for such a plan. You’ll find from my feedback below, there are a few notable issues throughout – some of which have been identified in your previous assignments – that still need to be addressed for future assignments. Remember … when you open this document, make sure you go to the toolbar at the top of your screen and click the ‘Review’ link. From there, go to the right, click the dropdown, then click ‘All Markup’ to view all of my feedback (including any Track Changes, highlighted in-text comments, and ‘Comments’ bubbles located in the right-hand margin of the document).
Project Risk Response Plan
Risk ID # |
Risk Category |
Risk Description |
Risk Impact |
Risk Response |
Risk Response Tracking |
Commercial Risks |
Financial |
Commercial risks are the most significant and severe risks in this project that can adversely affect the success of the project if not appropriately addressed. Financial chances are likely to affect the operation of the business because there will no enough finances to help run the project activities (Charkhakan & Heravi, 2018). |
Commercial risks have a direct impact on the project. For instance, financial risks will delay the project activities because most activities will not be performed as planned (Charkhakan & Heravi, 2018). Secondly, the high cost of implementing activities of the project will reduce the chances of achieving the goals of the project because all activities of the project will not be done to completion (CITATION). |
A financial assessment committee will be formed to perform fund availability assessments to ensure that available financial resources are enough to run all project activities. This assessment will be done weekly to help in identifying such risks before they could bring adverse effects to the project. Besides, risk responses report will be compiled by a financial committee identifying key potential sources financial risks to help in initiating appropriate measures that will be used to minimize the occurrence of such risks. On the other hand, proper fund allocation will be made to all project units to ensure that no such issues are faced when activities of the project are ongoing (Charkhakan & Heravi, 2018). |
Commercial risk is assigned to accounting professionals to help in resolving possible effects that these risks can cause by these risks. The first meeting held to was meant to address possible financial challenges that can reduce the chances of achieving the goals of the project (Charkhakan & Heravi, 2018). The project manager is mandated to assess how potential commercial risks mentioned by accounting can affect the activities of the project. |
Managerial Risks |
Managerial |
Managerial risk factors in this project arise from management decisions that affect the flow of performing operations of this project (Fang et al., 2011). Inappropriate managerial activities will lead to performing project activities wrong procedure, which will adversely affect the outcomes of the project (CITATION). |
Managerial risks directly affect the efficiency of activities in this project. In the case project, implementers use inappropriate managerial methods; the goals of this project will not be achieved (Fang et al., 2011). Besides, managerial risk will lead to slow flow and sharing of information during project implementation. As a result, this will reduce the chances of achieving all activities as planned (CITATION). |
The project committee of this project will have weekly evaluation meetings to assess managerial efficiency and how the management skills used in running activities impact the effectiveness of performing operations of the plan (Fang et al., 2011). The second meeting will involve sharing the first experiences encountered at the begging of implementing strategic plans. Since the conference will be after the first week of achieving the project goals, it will be held online chaired by the Project Lead. During this meeting, stakeholders present will discuss how issues during the first phase of implementation can be eliminated. The second meeting will also involve assessing the progress of the project and whether the methods used can make the project successful. However, a crisis meeting will be attended by key stakeholders to discuss possible methods or ways of correcting problems faced after the first implementation process. Management risk will be mitigated by ensuring that appropriate methods are used to facilitate the smooth running of activities. As well, such threats will be reduced by making frequent supervision to help in identifying areas that affect the success of the project (Fang et al., 2011). |
Management activities were tracked daily to help in making sure that all procedures are followed to achieve all goals of the project. Project management will be in in-charge of this activity. Tracking activities are conducted frequently (Fang et al., 2011). In doing so, measures to be taken in the future should be proposed based on the findings from the project. Emergencies should be handled as they arise during project implementation (Fang et al., 2011). |
Technical Risks |
Technology |
Technical risk factors in this project arise from issues or activities associated with the scope definition, research design, research of information, and methods used to conduct the research study. Challenges arising from the use of technology are the main key components in this case since they will directly affect the efficiency of project activities (Gonen, 2011). For example, if advanced technology is used in running events of this project, no difficulties will be faced. |
Risks under these categories might arise as a result of technological issues. They affect the efficiency of the activities of the project. For instance, the use of inappropriate technical components will reduce the speed of implementing activities of the project, thus reducing the chances of achieving the goals of the project. Therefore, it essential to ensure that such risks are not experienced during this project to help in increasing the chances of achieving the purposes of this project (Gonen, 2011). |
In case technical risk arises before project goals are achieved, a professional response team will hold a crisis meeting to find possible measures that should be taken to curb the issue before it adversely affects the entire project. The project manager will be present during the meeting to help in diving directions to ensure any action taken to solve the problem will lead to a long-lasting effect to prevent such technical issues from occurring happening again in the future. Besides, the technical response team will frequently meet to encourage the use of new technological devices to enhance the smooth run of activities. Technical risks will be mitigated by using an advance technological component that cannot fail to operate very efficiently (Gonen, 2011). |
Technical components used in running activities of the project will be reviewed frequently to ensure that now all processes used are useful and can help in achieving the goals of the project. Tracking of activities will be conducted frequently to ensure each operation is performed as planned to achieve all project goals (CITATION). |
References
Charkhakan, M. H., & Heravi, G. (2018). Risk manageability assessment to improve risk response plan: a case study of construction projects in Iran. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(11), 05018012.
Fang, C., Marle, F., & Zio, E. (2011, June). An integrated framework for the optimization of project risk response plan under resource constraints with the genetic algorithm. In 2011 International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (pp. 856-861). IEEE.
Gonen, A. (2011, December). Optimal risk response plan for project risk management. In 2011 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
(pp. 969-973). IEEE.
Wang, L., Goh, M., Ding, R., & Pretorius, L. (2019). Improved simulated annealing-based risk interaction network model for project risk response decisions. Decision Support Systems, 122, 113062.
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Resource Plan
A. General Information
Provide basic information about the project including: Project Title – The proper name used to identify this project; Project Working Title – The working name or acronym that will be used for the project; Proponent Secretary – The Secretary to whom the proponent agency is assigned or the Secretary that is sponsoring an enterprise project; Proponent Agency – The agency that will be responsible for the management of the project; Prepared by – The person(s) preparing this document; Date/Control Number – The date the plan is finalized and the change or configuration item control number assigned.
Project Title: |
Treatment of Chronic Condition in Florida |
Project Working Title: |
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Proponent Secretary: |
Jill Scott |
Proponent Agency: |
XYZ Company |
Prepared by: |
Maria Duplantier |
Date / Control Number: |
XOPy678 |
B. Resources Allocated
Insert the information on the resources, other than funding, allocated to the project in the Project Charter (Section H of the Charter).
Resources |
Allocation and Source |
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Project Team |
Project manager Assistant project manager Procurement manager Project team members Project sponsors |
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Customer Support |
Customer Manager Quality assurance Complaints manager Training and development |
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Facilities |
Chronic diseases health unit |
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Equipment |
Linear accelerator (LINAC) Physical therapy equipment Surgical equipment |
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Software Tools |
Supplier management software |
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Other |
C. Detailed Resource Requirements
Provide a detailed breakdown of resources, other than funds, required to execute the project. Identify the skill level, associated task, duration required, available time period, cost, unit of cost and the level of risk (high,
medium
or low) associated with that resource. Add as many rows as necessary for each resource category.
Describe the resource for example: “network engineer.”
Skill Level or Material Quality
Associated Task(s)
Duration Required
Available Time Period
Cost
Unit of Cost
(Hour, Day, Week, Month Fixed)
Level of Risk
High
,
Medium
or Low
Project Team
Risk management
Defining projects schedules
1
year
1 year
6 months
$66 per hour
Critical thinking
Resource allocations
Scheduling
Task management
Communication skills
Answering enquiries
1 year
6 months
$14.07 per hour
Interpersonal relationship skills
Maintaining records of transactions
Highly-equipped chronic disease unit
Treatment of chronic conditions in Florida
1 year
1 year 6 months
High
Linear accelerator (LINAC)
Treatment of chronic conditions in Florida
1 year
1 year 6 months
High
Physical therapy equipment
Pain management
1 year 6 months
D. Summary of Resources Required
Summarize the resources identified in Section C above.
Resources |
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Project Team (Full and Part Time Staff) |
Project manager Assistant project manager Procurement manager Project team members Project sponsors |
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Customer Support |
Customer Manager Quality assurance |
Facilities |
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Equipment |
Linear accelerator (LINAC) Physical therapy equipment Surgical equipment |
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Software Tools |
E. Resources Net Change
Provide a breakdown and explanation for any resource where there is a difference between resource allocation in the Project Charter and those identified in Section C above.
Resources Allocated |
Resources Required |
Net Change |
Explanation |
Project manager Assistant project manager Procurement manager Project team members Project sponsors |
Project management experts |
The project manager would need to source experts in project management to provide insight on the completion of the project. |
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Develop Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure
DHA-7010 – Project and Resource Management in Integrated Systems
3/22/20
COMMENTS: Again … nice work, Maria. This is a solid project plan. Also, good job on the Gantt chart; measurable, realistic timeline. As far as your writing, several of the same issues noted in your first submission this week were noted here; please make the applicable adjustments for future assignments. Remember … when you open this document, make sure you go to the toolbar at the top of your screen and click the ‘Review’ link. From there, go to the right, click the dropdown, then click ‘All Markup’ to view all of my feedback (including any Track Changes, highlighted in-text comments, and ‘Comments’ bubbles located in the right-hand margin of the document).
Develop Project Plan and Work Breakdown Structure
The success of a project usually depends on the approaches used to address the issue or problem under study. In the study, the primary goal of this project is to find out the best methods or reducing chronic conditions among residents of the State of Florida. In this project, two project management approaches that are the Six Sigma will be used the problem
. This approach is more effective; this will help to achieve the goals of this project. The purpose of this paper is to review the problem under discussion and the project management approaches that will be used to address the issue.
Six Sigma
The Six Sigma approach aims at the quality by minimizing the errors that might affect the quality of services. It involves eliminating items that cannot help to achieve the goals of the project (Walker et al., 2019). Since the purpose of this project is to find appropriate methods of reducing chronic issues in the State of Florida. As such, this approach qualifies to be used in this project because it directly correlates with the problem to be solved. Six Sigma approach comprises of five essential process which is very useful in solving the problem in this project. These processes include the following.
Defining the project and the goal of the project is the first process in this approach. It will be used to identify and explain the purposes of the project to help in developing appropriate strategies that can be used to solve the project (Walker et al., 2019).
Secondly, measuring the current progress of the process will help to evaluate how the process of reducing chronic conditions will be useful and whether the intended goals will be achieved. As such, this process is fundamental because it will be used to know if there is a need to change the approach to use.
Data analysis
is another essential process involves in this approach. In this project, data analysis will be very crucial because it will help to interpret data collected to know whether it will be possible to achieve the goals of the project. Therefore, this approach is fundamental in this project because it will have positive impacts on this project (Walker et al., 2019). Furthermore, improving and controlling how the process find out how the process can achieve its goal. Managing the process in this project is essential because it helps to ensure only crucial activities are done.
Plan of Action
A project plan is vital in this case will help to give directions on the essential knowledge areas of this project. The cost aspect is one of the essential factors in this project. Therefore, to achieve the goals of this project, the state and federal government should allocate enough financial resources to facilitate critical activities performed by stakeholders in this process to enhance the success (Walker et al., 2019).
The scope of the project is another vital aspect of this project. Concerning this, project implementers that are health professional will focus on making sure that they comply with all guidelines to achieve the goals of the project. In doing so, health professionals will use advanced technology to solve the problem (Reiners et al., 2019).
Furthermore, the timing of each event will strictly be observed by project implementers to ensure that relevant activities are performed to achieve the goals of the project. Proper timing in this project will help to improve the quality of health services offered to patients with chronic conditions (Reiners et al., 2019). To achieve this, project implementers will enhance the proper communication system to improve the quality of health services offered to patients to achieve the goals of the project.
Further, procurement and documentation is also another vital set of aspect that will be critically observed to achieve the goals of this project. Procurement activities will timely be done top avail all essential events are attended to most appropriately. Also, all essential items that are necessary for this project will be acquired in time to promote the smooth running of all project activities. In doing so, this will help to ensure that all project activities are timely addressed.
Risk factors are another critical aspect that will be handled appropriately in this project to reduce problems that might reduce the chances of achieving the intended goals. All possible risk factors experienced will instantly resolve the potential effect they may cause in the process of running the activities of this project (Reiners et al., 2019). In doing so, implementers of the project that is health professionals will be able to perform their roles more efficiently to achieve the intended goals.
Finally, resource handling and management will also be attended to appropriately during project implementation to ensure resources allocated for each activity are appropriately managed to help in achieving the goals of the project (Chapel, Ritchey, Zhang & Wang, 2017).
Conclusively, all essential aspects and factors the will be used in this study will be managed and adequately handled to efficiency and smooth running to achieve the primary goals of the project.
Gantt Chart Schedule of Activities
This project will run for 4 months and 3 days, and each will be performed during the allocated to it. The chart below details the timeline and deliverables for the project.
Project start date: 23rd April 2020 to 28th August 2020 |
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Research project schedule: Treatment of chronic condition in Florida |
23rd March – 26th March |
27th Mar – 26th April |
27th April -11th May |
12th May- 27th May |
28th May -18th June |
29th Jun -28th July |
13th Aug- 28th August |
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Project definition |
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Measuring the current project |
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Data analysis |
2 weeks |
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Improving the quality of the project |
15 days |
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Controlling the project process. |
20 days |
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Data analysis process |
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Results, conclusion, and recommendations |
15 days |
References
Chapel, J. M., Ritchey, M. D., Zhang, D., & Wang, G. (2017). Prevalence and medical costs of chronic diseases among adult Medicaid beneficiaries. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(6), S143-S154.
Dinh, T. T. H., Bonner, A., Clark, R., Ramsbotham, J., & Hines, S. (2016). The effectiveness of the teach-back method on adherence and self-management in health education for people with chronic disease: a systematic review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 14(1), 210-247.
Reiners, F., Sturm, J., Bouw, L. J., & Wouters, E. J. (2019). Sociodemographic factors are influencing the use of eHealth in people with chronic diseases. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(4), 645.
Rush, K. L., Hatt, L., Janke, R., Burton, L., Ferrier, M., & Tetrault, M. (2018). The efficacy of telehealth delivered educational approaches for patients with chronic diseases: A Systematic Review. Patient Education and Counselling, 101(8), 1310-1321.
Walker, R. C., Tong, A., Howard, K., & Palmer, S. C. (2019). Patient expectations and experiences of remote monitoring for chronic diseases: Systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 124, 78-85.
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Procurement Management Plan
Maria Duplantier
DHA-7010 – Project and Resource Management in Integrated Systems
4/26/20
Dr. Robert Clegg
Procurement Management Plan
The procurement management plan highlights the procurement framework this project adheres to while guiding on the undertaken procurement throughout the development of a treatment for the chronic conditions in Florida. Within this plan, there is a highlight of the items to be procured, type of contracts to be used, procurement risks, management of the procurement risks, cost determination, documentation, procurement constraints, the process of contract approval, vendor management, and performance metrics for procurement activities.
The determination of the treatment of chronic conditions in Florida requires the cooperation of the project manager and all other staff associated with the project. In the realization of the items required in the completion of the project, there shall be the cooperation of the project management and all the departments directly impacted by the project. Importantly, with the user department being the medical practitioners who have a greater understanding of the needs of the patient, their cooperation would be essential in developing the specifications of the equipment and drugs required in the treatment of the chronic condition. The formulated procurement list would have to go through the sores department to avoid reordering of items that are already stocked. The remaining items that are unavailable would be forwarded to the procurement department. This department shall make plans for ordering while sourcing the products to the best suppliers. Sourcing of the items could be through direct purchase or even tendering. The mode of purchasing will depend on the available time, ability of suppliers, and the urgency of the items in question.
The following are some of the important equipment for the treatment of chronic conditions in Florida and which would be procured upon approval by the procurement management office. The unavailability of these items hinders the progression of the project, ultimately impacting its success.
Item | Reason | Timeframe | |||
Linear accelerator (LINAC) | Equipment needed for the treatment of cancer patients | 1st June 2020 | |||
Surgical instruments | Needed in undertaking major surgical procedures | ||||
Physical therapy equipment | Needed to help patients going through treatments gain back their strength while ensuring their mobility | ||||
Maintenance drugs | Needed in the treatment of chronic diseases and pain management |
The following are the authorized individuals to approve the procurement of the above-listed items;
Name
Role
Eric Smith Project Manager
Tobias John Executive Director
Caleb Maxwell Business Manager for direct operations (BMDO)
Susan Jane Medical Director
Mosey (2009) highlighted the single-stage procurement as entailing the selection of a supplier who is best-suited to supply products and services depending on their ability to align with designs developed by other individuals. Procurement during this project shall rely on the medical equipment developed by other practitioners with the sourcing of suppliers motivated by the ability to align with the specifications of the medical equipment in the market. Direct procurement would be undertaken for the equipment requiring high specialization with tendering opted for the readily available equipment. Hackett and Statham (2016) highlighted the procurement tender documents as enabling the creation of schedules of rates offered by the different suppliers in the market. The use of the tender document helps in ensuring fairness while ensuring that the project benefits through the right products, delivered at the right place and time, and in the right conditions. The suppliers would have to purchase the tender document from the project management office and returning the duly filled document within the required timeframe.
Procurement risks are the challenges that the procurement process is bound to face that might derail the acquisition of the items meaning that the project would not be complete within the set time frame. Hiccups in the procurement process are at times inevitable, and there is a need for the management of the same to avoid comprising the completion of the project. The following are some of the impending procurement risks that require management.
1. On-time delivery of the ordered items.
2. The ability of the supplier to meet the quality specifications.
3. Inflated prices due to the scarcity of the medical equipment
4. Technological obsolesce of the medical equipment
5. Communication challenges that create bottlenecks in the delivery of the ordered items.
Management of project risks needs to be in line with the project management office. However, for the risks associated with procurement, their management requires collaboration with the procurement and even the development of a supplier relationship. Lambert (2008) highlighted the supplier relationship management as having strategic elements that aid in the creation of linkages throughout the supply chain. The above-stated risks have a lot to do with, suppliers and developing a good supplier relationship would be one means of mitigating these risks. In handling these risks, there would be a need to treat suppliers as partners as opposed to vendors. Making the suppliers feel part of the project ensures their motivation in ensuring the success of the project to have something to vouch for their delivery abilities. Characteristically, the project manager could consider investment in supplier management software. All in all, the important thing is conducting a background check on the suppliers to determine their past performance in projects of equal magnitude hence gauging their ability to deliver.
In determining the costs of the medical equipment, it is not all about the prices. Quality is key in this project as one cannot compromise quality for the price. Lower costs may translate to poor quality products. The first batch of suppliers, as selected by the tendering department, shall make a request for quotation (RFQ) from the shortlisted suppliers. The schedules on price, quality, delivery costs, and time shall help in the determination of the overall cots so of the equipment. The project would go for the equipment of the highest quality regardless of the costs incurred for the same.
This project touches on a crucial health issue, which has been a leading cause of death in the world. Raghupathi and Raghupathi (2018) highlighted the high prevalence rates of chronic diseases in the world. According to the authors, almost half of the American citizens suffer from one chronic illness. This statistic translates to 133 million Americans. Considering the sensitivity of the project, there shall be the formulation of the procurement management documents that are in line with the needs of the project. The document shall rely on other documents developed for projects of the same magnitude. The documents shall be created by a team of experts before being examined by other experts to endure that they are in line with the requirements of the project. However, other standard documents could be used in the procurement management process. These are such as;
· Supplier selection evaluation forms
· Non-disclosure agreement
· Procurement performance evaluation form
There are procurement constraints that require consideration during the procurement management plan. These are such as
1. Costs. The project budget has additional financial resources that would act as buffers during shortages. However, these resources are limited to other activities linked to the project other than procurement.
2. Project schedule. There is a timeframe within which the project needs to be complete. The inability to meet deadlines compromises the intentions of the project.
3. Technology. Specifications of technology of the equipment need to be strictly adhered to with allowed deviations being above what is stated as opposed to below.
Contract approval has a lot to do with the financial aspect and what is at skate so long as technology is concerned. The contract for less-complicated items of a lower budget could be approved by the project manager. However, for equipment with huge investments and sophisticated technologies, approval would involve the project manager, procurement and user departments, and quality assurance. Others are the technical team. Bigger projects may require the approval of the project’s sponsors.
The following are the elements that would guide the evaluation and selection of suppliers and determining the chosen supplier.
a) Quality
b) Technology
c) Adherence to specifications
d) Past performance
e) Costs
Cost is ranked as the fifth attribute as opposed to the first. It, therefore, means that the project gives quality more importance as opposed to the costs of the product. The evaluation of a supplier’s ability to meet the highlighted criteria would be undertaken by the project manager and the tendering committee. The chosen supplier would be the one that performs best in all the highlighted.
The project manager is tasked with the role of managing the vendors. As such, there would be a need to remain proactive during the vendor management process. The project manager would need to maintain constant communication with the vendors while also making impromptu visits to their premises.
The procurement and project management department would need to develop an internal metrics gauging the performance of the suppliers basing on the following.
Vendor | Quality | Technology | Delivery | Past performance |
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Sponsor Acceptance
Approved by the project sponsor: Date:
References
In Hackett, M., & In Statham, G. (2016). The Aqua Group guide to procurement, tendering and contract administration. John Wiley & Sons
Lambert, D. M. (2008). Supply chain management: Processes, partnerships, performance. Sarasota, Fla: Supply Chain Management Institute
Mosey, D. (2009). Early contractor involvement in building procurement: Contracts, partnering and project management. John Wiley & Sons
Raghupathi W. & Raghupathi V. (2018). An Empirical Study of Chronic Diseases in the United States: A Visual Analytics Approach to Public Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5876976/
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Articulate Project Communications and ChallengesTop of FormBottom of Form
DHA-7010 – Project and Resource Management in Integrated Systems
3/29/20
COMMENTS: Solid job, Maria. But one question … where exactly did you get all of the information below. For each of the job descriptions, you obviously derived the information from an outside source(s). You absolutely must – especially at the doctoral level – give credit where credit is due. This means in-text citations and references. In fact, this is your 11th course in the program; therefore, you should know this to be the case by now. Aside from this, good content, well-developed discussions of the project’s communications ability. As always, when you open this document, make sure you go to the toolbar at the top of your screen and click the ‘Review’ link. From there, go to the right, click the dropdown, then click ‘All Markup’ to view all of my feedback (including any Track Changes, highlighted in-text comments, and ‘Comments’ bubbles located in the right-hand margin of the document).
Articulate Project Communications and Challenges
Communication an integral element of any strategic plan or project because it helps in improving coordination amongst stakeholders to ensure that all planned activities are well addressed. A communication plan is used in different sectors of the economy to facilitate a smooth running of organizational activities to aid in achieving organizational goals. Similarly, a good communication plan helps in proper communication of health facility policies and plans to all stakeholders in time to facilitate a smooth running of organizational activities to accomplish the facility goals. In the health care sector, communication forms the backbone of all events, as most operations are coordinated through the timely sharing of information. As such, this paper seeks to design and discuss the main components of a communication management plan in a health care facility. As well, the program will list and describe the roles of all stakeholders in this project who perform different functions in the health care facility.
The primary purpose of this communication management plan is to define and describe the requirement for communication programs and to set up a communication framework to improve the level of communication within the health organization. In addition to determining the roles of all stakeholders, this plan will provide a guideline for sharing information in a health care facility more efficiently to enable the management to achieve their goals. Further, this will describe how stakeholders in a health facility will be managed to ensure all activities are well performed correctly. Lastly, this communication management plan will attend to highlight key are in health care facilities that should be critically observed to improve communication in a healthcare organization.
Identification of Key Stakeholders
Key stakeholders of this communication plan will comprise of the project management team, and sponsors who will work towards achieving the goals of developing an effective communication management plan that will help in solving communication problem will are prevalent in many health organization. The project manager in this plan will be in
charge of communicating with all stakeholders to assist in understanding the preferred frequency and communicating critical organizational activities. Below are the list and roles of key stakeholders of this plan:
Name
Title
Contact
Communication
Vehicle
Comments
Tobias John
Executive Director
+ 126-272-7727
All measures are put in place, and needed resources are adequately supplied.
johnt@gmail.com
Maintain goal timing of all activities
Susan Jane
Medical director
+1 202 555 0156
Communication between the department is improving daily
Jjsusan2@yahoo.com
Keep it up
Joel Jones
Project Management Office Director
+449-272-8282
Coordination of activities are done as expected to achieve project goals
Joelj@gmail.com
Implementation methods and timing should be improved.
Caleb Maxwell
Business Manager for direct operations (BMDO)
+918-673-2627
Business activities of the facility are well-coordinated, and all events are done as scheduled to achieve project goals
Mawelcc@gmail.com
More forces should be increased in the timing of activities and Implementation process.
Erick Smith
Project Manager (PM)
+187-338-3638
All project activities are well executed and run as rules are strictly observed.
Smith32@hotmail.com
Team-work will help us to achieve project goals. Keep it up all.
Carol Mathews
Project Analyst
+187-738-8388
The general coordination within the facility has improved since the project was launched. The timing of activities is also advancing.
Cmathews2@gmail.com
More emphasis should be put on project timing to ensure all activities are addressed.
Ian Max
Project Lead
+187-988-3978
The communication process is improving daily as the project plan is executed. All goals will be achieved.
Ianmaxx23@gmail.com
Implementation methods and timing should be improved. Let team-work help us achieve this goal.
Stakeholders Analysis
Executive
Director
The
Executive Director
is the driver of the entire project, who gives directions on how all activities of the facility are well coordinated. The director is also in charge of approving or disapproving ineffective plans that cannot help improving communication and coordination of all activities of the facility. Being that the
Executive Director
coordinates organizational activities from the executive level, discussions should be summarized only in cases when the director requests full details to assess the general coordination within the facility. When such a request is made, the communication department should ensure that all required information to assist in making the right decisions.
Additionally, the Executive Director will recommend the types of communication technologies that should be implemented to improve communication plan within the health facility. However, the recommendation made must be in line with the project goals.
Medical Director
A Medical Director in this plan serves in a senior medical officer who responsible for giving essential directions on how all organizational activities should be done. In this project, a medical director will be in charge of coordinating the delivery of medical equipment, medical care, and clinical services. Proper organizing should be maintained to facilitate the smooth running of organization activities.
In addition to coordinating the delivery of medical equipment, the Medical Director will also perform other strategic roles such as:
1. Coordinating and supporting medical personnel education and benchmarking
2. Supervising medical developments such as designing of medical protocols to help in organizing and running all organizational activities.
3. Coordinating and managing strategic development to aim at improving service delivery within the facility.
Project Management Office Director
The Project Management Office (PMO) Director will administer the progress of the project at procedural levels and coordinating the effective sharing of information to all organizational units to enhance services delivered to patients. The director in this office will perform the following roles:
1. In-charge of all program costing to ensure that all projects are well and timely funded.
2. Schedule all projects and plans to achieve to improve communication within the facility.
3. The PMO Director will coordinate with the project manager to improve knowledge and information sharing within the facility.
Business Manager for Direct Operations
The Business Manager for Direct Operations (BMDO) will perform a variety of activities to ensure that all organization operations are well coordinated to achieve organizational goals. Some of the main events that the Business Manager for direct services will engage in include the following:
1. Budgeting for development and management activities to ensure that all organizational activities are well funded.
2. Managing fund flow and resources allocation to ensure that all project is fully funded
3. Value-Based payment transition
4. Care program management.
5. Resources management and reviews to ensure that available resources are shared equally with different departments
Project Manager
The project management is mandated to coordinate and execute all activities to improve communication within the facility. The
Project Manager (PM)
is the primary driver of all events that aim at improving communication follow within the facility. Therefore, the PM will perform the following roles:
1. Coordinates support and participate in report project designing and planning.
2. Identify and respond to milestones encountered during project implementation
3. Define possible risks and challenges that might be faced when implementing a strategic plan.
4. Coordinate and manage daily activities to ensure that all activities are well addressed to achieve project goals.
5. Define project plans and match them with progress to assess whether it is possible to achieve project goals.
Project Analyst
A project analyst in this project will be the evaluator and will be responsible for relating project goals verse against achievement made. Also, the project analyst will be responsible for preparing and presenting project progress to project lead and project manager for recommendations. Doing so helps in correcting key areas that need changes before completion of the project.
Project Lead
A project lead, in this case, performs the role of advising all stakeholders through providing useful information, direction, and guidelines on how various activities coordinated to assist in achieving project goals. Besides, a project lead will also review and make recommendations on the final project draft on whether the purposes of the project have been met. Further, a project lead will decide on which type of information to disseminate among stakeholders to help in improving communication within the company, which is the key goal of the project.
Communications Matrix
In this project, communication plays an integral role in increasing the chance to achieve the project goals. As such, a specific mode of communication will be adopted to improve the level of coordination and sharing of relevant information among all stakeholders of this project. Determination of the most appropriate technology to used and available technologies is a vital activity that will determine if the goals of the project will be achieved.
In the process of working towards achieving the project goals, the project manager will give direction on the type of communication that should be used will the facility to improve coordination and smooth running of organizational activities. During the project implementation process, various communication methods will be used to increase the chances of achieving the goals of the project. Some of the ways that will be used include Webex, Teleconferencing, and Dropbox, Social media, cell phone, and SharePoint.
Even though the Performance Logic (PL) is a refined project management tool, it will be used to help in the monitoring project process, disseminate relevant information, and communicating project status to assist in improving the chances of achieving project goals. Besides, the effectiveness of the project process will be maintained by encouraging performing activities promptly.
Project Management Office Director should encourage the use of SharePoint to provide constant updates about the progress and how to conduct and project communication. Also, the project manager will ensure that the method used for communication used is appropriate and can help in achieving the expected goals.
Communications Matrix
Target |
Description Purpose |
Frequency |
Owner |
Distribution |
Internal / |
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Starting the meeting |
All stakeholders of the project |
The primary purpose of this start meeting is to plan how all project activities will be coordinated. Secondly, the most appropriate communication method to recommend for the facility will be discussed to ensure that the chosen method is the best. During this meeting, stakeholder opinions will be collected to help to establish a road map for performing different activities to achieve project goals. |
Once at the beginning through Face-to-face for the first meeting |
Erick Smith- Project manager |
Smith32@hotmail.com |
Internal |
The meeting will be well-coordinated |
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First project report |
Tobias John -Executive Director Susan Jane- Medical director Joel Jones-Project Management Office Director Caleb Maxwell- Business Manager for direct operations (BMDO)
Erick Smith-Project Manager (PM)
Carol Mathews-Project Analyst
Ian Max -Project Lead |
The second meeting will involve sharing the first experiences encountered at the begging of implementing strategic plans. Since the conference will be after the first week of achieving the project goals, it will be held online chaired by Ian Max -Project Lead assisted by Erick Smith – Project Manager |
Weekly through SharePoint, Webex, Teleconferencing, and Dropbox, Social media, and cell phone |
johnt@gmail.com Jjsusan2@yahoo.com Ianmaxx23@gmail.com |
The first presentation will be launched to assess the progress of the project and whether the facility is suitable for the projected plans. |
Project Meetings
The second meeting will face to face attended by a few key stakeholders, but the meeting progress will be aired to other stakeholders. During this meeting, stakeholders present will discuss how issues during the first phase of implementation can be eliminated. The second meeting will also involve assessing the progress of the project and whether the methods used can make the project successful |
Weekly through Face to face |
Internal |
.The second assessment meeting will be successful because few and organize stakeholders will be present. |
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Crisis meeting |
Tobias John -Executive Director Erick Smith-Project Manager (PM) Carol Mathews-Project Analyst Ian Max -Project Lead |
A crisis meeting will be attended by key stakeholders to discuss possible methods or ways of correcting problems faced after the first implementation process. |
Weekly through Face to face Phone call |
johnt@gmail.com Smith32@hotmail.com Cmathews2@gmail.com Ianmaxx23@gmail.com |
A crisis meeting will be successful because few and organize stakeholders will be present. |
Project Reporting
The final meeting |
This will be the final presentation meeting where stakeholders who are coordinating various activities of the project will have face to face meetings. During this meeting, the following actions will take place: Project analysts will report about the general achievement or improvements that have been made in terms of improving communication within the facility. Business Manager for direct operations (BMDO) will give financial records on how finances were utilized during project implementation periods. The project manager will identify achievements made, give comments about the entire project implementation process. Lastly, the project lead will make a general review of the project implementation process and |
Face to face meeting |
Report presentation process will be conducted systematically |
Other Communication Vehicles
Comments/ |
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Project recommendations |
Appropriate recommendations will be combined by the project manager with the help of other key stakeholders to give direction on how to implement a similar project successfully. Proposals to be made will cover areas such as project timing, communication, the cooperation of external stakeholders, and reaction to issues. |
Once at the end of project implementation. |
Project recommendations should be made based on the outcome of the project. Measures to be taken in the future should be proposed based on the findings from the project. Emergencies should be handled as they arise during project implementation. |
Communication Management Plan Approval
This section of the plan will be the approval area, which shows vital stakeholders’ declaration that they have reviewed and approved the communication plan for implementation. The following are the key stakeholder who will review and approved the Healthcare Communication Management Plan
Signature |
Date: |
29/03/2020 |
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Print Name: |
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Title: |
Executive Director | |||||||||||||
Role: |
The driver of the entire project gives directions on how all activities of the facility are well coordinated. |
Project Manager (PM) |
1. Coordinates support and participate in report project designing and planning. 2. Identify and respond to milestones encountered during project implementation 3. Define possible risks and challenges that might be faced when implementing a strategic plan. |
Joel Jones | |
1. Schedule all projects and plans to achieve to improve communication within the facility. 2. The PMO Director will coordinate with the project manager to enhance knowledge and information sharing within the facility. |
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Ian Max | |
Project Lead | |
Advising all stakeholders by providing useful information, direction, and guidelines on how various activities coordinated to assist in achieving project goals. |
Responsible for preparing and presenting project progress to project lead and project manager for recommendations. |
APPENDIX: REFERENCES
Document Name and Version |
Description |
Location |
GreyCampus (2019) |
Training for Professional Certifications. |
https://www.greycampus.com/opencampus/project-management-professional/communication-management-plan |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019) |
Communications. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
https://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/planning/communications.html |
Communication Escalation Process
Efficient and time management of different activities play significant roles in facilitating the smooth running of events in this project. As such, it imperative to ensure that all discrepancies identified during project implementation are resolved immediately or promptly using the most appropriate methods to achieve project goals. As well, schedules for activities should be managed appropriately to give each event or plan enough time for implementation and evaluation. The table below provides critical terms used in this plan:
Term |
Definition |
Discrepancies |
These are differences that might be encountered when the actual target of the project is not met. It is obtained by comparing the goals of the project against the actual outcomes. |
Disseminate |
This means sharing of information to improve coordination between two or more persons |
Priority 1 |
Priority one will be given to issues that require special attention due to adverse effects they can cause if not addressed promptly. |
References
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Risk Monitoring Plan
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Introduction
Risk response refers to the process of controlling the identified risk factors to reduce their effects.
It is a critical process in the risk management process since it assists in preventing risk spread.
It involves the planning and decision-making process.
Risk control is a process of identification of potential hazards and formulate suitable strategies of solving them.
Introduction
Risk response refers to the process of controlling the identified risk factors to reduce their effects. It is a critical process in the risk management process since it assists in preventing risk spread. It involves the planning and decision-making process in which the management of decisions on the best approach to take when handling a given risk. On the other hand, risk control is a process by which an organization identifies potential hazards and formulate suitable strategies that can be used to mitigate such risks.
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Risk Response Steps
Avoiding
Mitigation
Risk transfer
Risk-sharing or distribution
Risk response steps
Avoiding: It involves changing strategies or plan to escape the risk that may arise.
Mitigation refers to taking suitable actions to reduce potential risk sources.
Risk transfer involves the potential transfer risk to a third party, but in this project, it not be used (Crispim, et al. 2019)
Risk-sharing or distribution is applicable in this project because it helps in spreading risk to avoid causing more harm in one area.
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Risk Response and Control Steps
These are procedures that are followed in the process of identification and giving response to risks.
They include:
Risk identification
Risk analysis (Crispim, et al. 2019)
Risk Response and Control Steps
These are procedures that are followed in the process of identification and giving response to risks. They include:
Risk identification is the recognition and description of potential hazards that are likely to affect the activities of this process.
Risk analysis: Upon identification of potential risks, determination of consequence follows of each type of risk (Crispim, et al. 2019).
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Risk evaluation or ranking
Risk treatment
Risk monitoring and review
Risk Response and Control Steps
Risk evaluation or ranking involves determining the magnitude of risk and the consequences associated with it. In this project, risk evaluation and classification is necessary because it will identify the type of threats to handle first. Risk treatment is also known as Risk Response Planning. In this project, it is used to assess the highest rank risk to help in designing or choosing the best plan to modify or treat them. Risk monitoring and review is the last step in the risk response plan. It involves supervising and assessing whether the intended goals or treat the expected risk (Cronk, et al 2019).
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Risk Response Following Approaches
After appropriately implementing risk response plan, the following corrective measures are put in place;
Ensuring compliance with risk management procedures (Cronk, et al 2019).
Close supervision of the risks mitigation process
Implementing corrective measures.
Risk response following approaches
After appropriately implementing risk response plan, the following corrective measures are put in place;
Ensuring compliance with risk management procedures to help in solving all the identified risks during the project. Doing so will help to ensure that all potential risks are identified and mitigated promptly. Secondly, close supervision of the risks mitigation process will be encouraged to ensure that any threat that will affect the success of the project. Lastly, in case specific risks are identified, the prompt corrective measures will be initiated to solve the problem that emerges. As a result, this will help to reduce the effects that may arise from the risk (Cronk, et al 2019).
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Planning for New Identified Risks
Planning for new identified risks for this project will involve four main steps. These steps include the following:
Developing a checklist
Considering assumptions
Using previous project experiences to the risk.
Expert judgment
Planning for New Identified Risks
Planning for newly identified risks for this project will involve four main steps. These steps include the following:
Developing a checklist will be used in this project to help n ensuring that any newly identified risk responded appropriately to avoid causing more to the project.
Considering relevant assumptions for this project is also useful in this project because it will help to identify the most appropriate methods that can be used to mitigate newly identified risks. Using previous project experiences to the risk is also vital in this case since it will assist in solving the problem efficiently.
Expert judgment will be applied in this case to aid in collecting valuable information that will allow for decision-making purposes.
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Risk Identifying Tools
In the project, the following tools will be used to identify new risks:
Expert judgment
Risk Data Quality Assessment
Risk Identifying Tools
The identification of new risks in this project requires suitable techniques that can help to identify the type and the source of risk that the new risk will cause in the project.
As such, these two techniques are most appropriate tools that will be used to identify new risks:
Expert judgment
Risk Data Quality Assessment
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Expert Analysis and Judgment
Expert analysis and judgment will involve the following:
Expert analysis and judgment
Consulting professionals.
Using reliable information
Expert Analysis and Judgment
Expert analysis and judgment in this case involves consulting health professionals to know how to mitigate the identified new risks.
Different professionals will be engaged to know potential causes of those risk
Expert judgment is an essential tool because it helps to collect reliable information to find possible ways of mitigating identified risks.
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Risk Data Quality Assessment
This tool will be useful in this project in the following ways:
Data availability
Quality and reliability of the information of mitigating risks.
Increasing the integrity of information used in solving risks
Risk Data Quality Assessment
This a vital risk identification tool that will help to find the precision of the data that must be analyzed in this project to complete the qualitative analysis of risks. It will help in the following ways:
Data availability is useful in this project because it will help provide information about the new identified risks.
Quality and reliability of the information of mitigating risks is also important in project (Cronk, et al 2019).
Increasing the integrity of information used in solving risks will help to reduce occurrence of many risks.
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Handling Unclosed Risk
In this project, the following methods will be used to handle risks that cannot be closed:
Risks acceptance
Risk avoidance
Transferring risks
Handling Unclosed Risk
In case the project experiences risks that cannot be closed, the following methods will be used to handle such threats.
Accepting risks that will fall out of control will be used to handle risks that cannot be closed. Usually, risks that cannot be treated are accepted to ensure the activities of the project are achieved (Willumsen, et al. 2019).
Avoiding the risk will be used to handle risks that cannot be closed. In this project, risks that fall out of control will be avoided, and plans affected by risks changed completely to help in achieving the intended goals of the project. Furthermore, transferring risk methods will also be considered as a way of handling risks that cannot fully be closed.
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Risk Reporting Techniques
The following techniques will be used to report identified risks:
Memorandum
Emails
PowerPoint presentations
Exhibition
Risks Reporting
Usually, different methods are used to report the identified risks. In this project, the following reporting methods will be used to report identified risks:
A memo is the best way that will be used to communicate the identified risks to stakeholders of this project. A memorandum was be addressed to only stakeholders of the project. Secondly, emails will also be used to share risk reports with key stakeholders like project lead to enable them to use the report in the future as well.
PowerPoint presentations will also be used to report the identified risks to project team to allow all members to know ways of mitigating them. Lastly, the exhibitions method will also be used to report possible ways that can be used to reduce the identified risks (Willumsen, et al. 2019).
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Risk Assessment and Measurement Techniques
The following are most useful tools that will be used in this project to assess and measure identified risks:
Standard deviation,
Beta,
Value at risk (VaR)
Conditional value at risk (CVaR)
Risk Assessment and Measurement
Risks in any project can are assessed or measured using different methods which can help to recommend the best ways that can be used to mitigate those risks. In this case, the following techniques will be used to assess and measure the identified risks:
Standard deviation, beta, value at risk (VaR), and conditional value at risk (CVaR). These measurement methods will help to assess the magnitude of the identified new threats that are likely to affect the effectiveness of the project. (Willumsen, et al. 2019)
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References
Crispim, J., Silva, L. H., & Rego, N. (2019). Project risk management practices: the organizational maturity influence. International journal of managing projects in business.
Cronk, L., Berbesque, C., Conte, T., Gervais, M., Iyer, P., McCarthy, B., … & Aktipis, A. (2019). Managing risk through cooperation: Need-based transfers and risk pooling among the societies of the Human Generosity Project. In Global Perspectives on Long Term Community Resource Management (pp. 41-75). Springer, Cham.
Siraj, N. B., & Fayek, A. R. (2019). Risk identification and common risks in construction: Literature review and content analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(9), 03119004.
Tsoupra, A. P., Tsoukalis, F. P., & Chassiakos, A. P. (2019). BIM-Based Risk Identification and Assessment in Building Projects at their design Phase.
Willumsen, P., Oehmen, J., Stingl, V., & Geraldi, J. (2019). Value creation through project risk management. International Journal of Project Management, 37(5), 731-749.
Sources of Risk for Chronic Conditions in the State of Florida
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Introduction
A chronic condition is a disease that endures along period.
Chronic illness is one of the health issues which has been prevalent in the United States for an extended period.
Various sources of risk are associated with chronic conditions that directly impact the success of this project.
These sources of risks fall under factors such as technical, managerial, commercial, and external risk factors.
Introduction
A chronic condition is a disease that endures along period. Chronic illness is one of the health issues which has been prevalent in the United States for an extended period. However, multiple sources of risk are associated with chronic conditions that directly impact the success of this project. These sources of risks fall under factors such as technical, managerial, commercial, and external risk factors.
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Sources of Technical Risk Factors
Technical risk factors in this project are associated with factors such as:
Scope definition in the study
Research design
Research of information (Cachada et al., 2019)
Methods used to conduct the research study
Sources of Technical risk factors
Technical risk factors in this project arise from issues or activities associated with the scope definition, research design, research of information, and methods used to conduct the research study. In this case, conduction research to know more about chronic conditions in the State of Florida will involve in-depth scope definition to understand more the status of chronic illness in the State of Florida (Cachada et al., 2019)
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Sources of Managerial Risk Factors
Managerial risk factors in this project arise from management decisions that affect the flow of performing operations of the activity (Cachada et al., 2019).
Sources of managerial risks affecting the success of this project include the following factors:
Cost factors
Legal factors
Legal factors
Sources of managerial risk factors
Managerial risk factors in this project arise from management decisions that affect the flow of performing operations of the activity. The primary source of such risk includes cost factors, which escalates the cost of conducting a project due to the inability to make proper cost estimations.
Schedule factors is another source of risk that affect how activities of the project should be conducted (Cachada et al., 2019). In the research study, the schedule of performing on the status of chronic illness in the State of Florida will be timed to collect enough information to help in making proper decisions.
Legal risk factors is another set of sources of managerial risks that are likely to affect the effectiveness of this research. These factors arise from regulatory obligations such as contract risks that approve the use of chronic condition data to perform a research project. This set of risks will affect the ability to used chronic conditions data in Florida to design the research project.
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Commercial Risk Sources
In this research, the key sources of risk factors include:
Implementation of management strategies
Strategic Alliance and Corporate Acquisition
Financing
Relationship with Largest Shareholder.
Commercial Risk Sources
These are risks factor that arise from financial activities that are used to research chronic diseases in the state of Florida. In this research, the principal sources of risk factors include implementation of management strategies, Strategic Alliance and Corporate Acquisition, financing, and Relationship with the Largest Shareholder (Cachada et al., 2019). Implementation of management strategies includes measures the management take concerning about financing the project of collecting reliable information about chronic conditions in Florida. Management strategies are the primary source of commercial risks that can affect the effectiveness of achieving the goals of this project.
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External Risk Sources
External risk factors are aspects that the management of a project does not have any authority over.
In this study, the following external risk factors are likely to affect the effectiveness of the research findings:
Vendor going bankrupt
Economic upheaval
Wars
Crime.
External Risk Sources
External risk factors are aspects that the management of a project does not have any authority over. In this study, these external factors will be key sources of risk that will affect the effectiveness of the research. Usually, external risk factors are difficult to deal with since the management of a project does not have control over them (Marcial & Graves, 2019). As well, the main external risk factors are likely to affect the effectiveness of the project include the following: vendor going bankrupt, economic upheaval, wars, and crime.
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Risk Identifying Tools
In the project, the following tools will be used:
Brainstorming
Documentation reviews
Information gathering tools
Expert judgment
Data analysis
Swot Analysis
Assumption analysis
Risk Data Quality Assessment
Root Cause Analysis
Risk Identifying Tools
Identification of risk in a research project requires appropriate tools or techniques that can help to identify any type or source of risk that a project is likely to face. In this research study, different tools will be used to define the types of risks that are likely to affect the effectiveness of the project (Marcial & Graves, 2019). In the project, the following tools will be used:
Brainstorming
Documentation reviews
Information gathering tools
Expert judgment
Data analysis
Swot Analysis
Assumption analysis
Risk Data Quality Assessment
Root Cause Analysis
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Expert Analysis and Judgment
Expert analysis and judgment will involve consulting health professionals to know how the case of chronic diseases is spread all over the states of Florida.
Health professionals will be asked about the possible causes of such conditions in Florida (Marcial & Graves, 2019).
Expert judgment is an essential tool because it helps to collect reliable information to find possible ways of dealing with chronic disease conditions.
Expert Analysis and Judgment
In this research study, expert analysis and judgment will involve consulting health professionals to know how the case of chronic diseases is spread all over the states of Florida. In doing so, health professionals will be asked about the possible causes of such conditions in Florida. Expert judgment is an essential tool because it helps to collect reliable information to find possible ways of dealing with chronic disease conditions (Marcial & Graves, 2019).
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Brainstorming
This is another vital risk identification tool that can be used in this project to identify risks.
It involves making comparisons with other facilities or states that have experienced the same situation (Marcial & Graves, 2019).
Brainstorming a useful tool because it gives room for discussion to understand the actual situation as it is experienced when working on the project.
Brainstorming
This is also another vital risk identification tool that can be used in this project to identify risks that may arise when conducting this research project. It involves making comparisons with other facilities or states that have experienced the same situation to know whether the same case is happening when working on this project (Marcial & Graves, 2019). Brainstorming a useful tool because it gives room for discussion to understand the actual situation as it is experienced when working on the project.
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Risk Data Quality Assessment
This a vital risk identification tool that will help to find the precision of the data that must be analyzed in this project to complete the qualitative analysis of risks. It will help in the following ways:
Extent of the understanding of the risk
Data available
Quality and reliability of the data (Farmer et al., 2019).
Integrity of the data
Risk Data Quality Assessment
This a vital risk identification tool that will help to find the precision of the data that must be analyzed in this project to complete the qualitative analysis of risks. It will help in the following ways:
Extent of the understanding of the risk
Data available
Quality and reliability of the data
Integrity of the data
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SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis tools an essential technique that can be used to analyze aspects of strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats that potential risks can bring in a project (Farmer et al., 2019).
The tool is vital because of help in explaining opportunities that can be used to identify possible sources of uncertainty.
Swot Analysis
Swot Analysis tools an essential technique that can be used to analyze aspects of strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats that potential risks can bring in a project. This tool is vital because of help in explaining opportunities that can be used to identify possible sources of uncertainty (Farmer et al., 2019).
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Most Useful Risk Identification Tools
The following are most useful tools that will be used in this project:
Expert Analysis and Judgment
Brainstorming
Risk Data Quality Assessment
SWOT Analysis
Most useful risk identification tools
These are tools that can easily be used to identify potential sources of risks that might affect the effectiveness of project an thus will be used in this case study. They include:
Expert Analysis and Judgment
Brainstorming
Risk Data Quality Assessment
SWOT Analysis
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Ineffective tools
Ineffective tools in this project include the following:
Documentation reviews
Information gathering tools
Assumption analysis
Root Cause Analysis
Ineffective tools
Ineffective tools in this case are techniques that are not useful in this study because they used other approaches that are not necessary in this case. However, they can be used in other research studies. They include the following:
Documentation reviews
Information gathering tools
Assumption analysis
Root Cause Analysis
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References
Cachada, A., Dias, A. C., Reis, A. P., Ferreira da Silva, E., Pereira, R., Duarte, A. D. C., & Patinha, C. (2019). Multivariate Analysis for Assessing Sources, and Potential Risks of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Lisbon Urban Soils. Minerals, 9(3), 139.
Farmer, R. F., Kosty, D. B., Seeley, J. R., Gau, J. M., & Klein, D. N. (2019). Family aggregation of substance use disorders: substance specific, nonspecific, and intrafamilial sources of risk. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 80(4), 462-471.
Feng, B., Li, L., Xu, H., Wang, T., Wu, R., Chen, J., … & Huang, W. (2019). PM2. 5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Beijing: Seasonal variations, sources, and risk assessment. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 77, 11-19.
Marcial, E., & Graves, B. A. (2019). Implementation and evaluation of diabetes clinical practice guidelines in a primary care clinic serving a Hispanic community. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 16(2), 142-150.
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Identify Project Need and Scope Definition
DHA-7010 – Project and Resource Management in Integrated Systems
3/15/20
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Identify Project Need and Scope Definition
Chronic illness is human diseases that are persistent or considered to be long-lasting in their effects.
In the United States, particularly the State of Florida, this is a common health issue
that affects many groups of people. The common public health issues that have been reported over the past 10
years include obesity, diabetes, asthma,
arthritis, and cancer (Chapel, Ritchey, Zhang, & Wang
, 2017). However, the most rampant diseases that have to bring adverse effects in most communities in the United States and other parts of the world are obesity, asthma, and diabetes.
Chronic diseases are some of the most rampant health issues that affect many communities in Florida State and other areas of the United States.
The problem arises from human living conditions, unlike acute illness, which is considered to occur through supernatural
means. According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention
(CDC), the issue of chronic diseases started to attract the attention of members of the public in early 2000 (Chapel et al., 2017).
Cases of Diabetes and obesity have topped the list as many conditions relating to such are reported to be high in many regions in the United States. Since 2005, the United States has been spending a considerable part of its budget to sought chronic disease cases that are currently rampant among the middle and old age Americans.
Unlike acute illness, chronic disease cases have rapidly grown over the past ten years. Currently, chronic illness is considered a lifestyle condition because they affect many people both in American communities and in other parts of the world. The issue of chronic diseases has led to an increase in the cost of health services in many countries across the globe. At the moment, governments of different nations across are forced to increase their allocation for health sectors to provide solutions with the rising cases of chronic diseases (Dinh et al., 2016). As such, it is of more importance to discuss this that has governments of different countries across the world to intervene (Reiners et al., 2019).
Secondly, chronic diseases issue adversely affect all classes of people regardless of the social classes. For example, people experiencing chronic illness in the United States and the United Kingdom comprises of both low and middle levels. Therefore, it is imperative to address these issues to help to find possible solutions that can help to reduce chronic diseases with have claimed the lives of many people in different parts of the world (Reiners et al., 2019).
Project management approaches are techniques that are practiced universally in planning, controlling, and estimating activities to assist in solving the existing problem. The issue of chronic disease requires proper planning, arrangement, and execution of operations to solve it. As such, there is a need to apply this approach to solve the problem of chronic diseases that has outstanding effects in the health sector across the world (Reiners et al., 2019).
Essentially, project management aids in defining the problem to enrich knowledge about the problem. In this case, the technique will help health professionals to understand what specific chronic diseases are and why they affect many people of different ages. Secondly, project management will help to determine the cause of chronic issues to help to implement ways to prevent them since they are lifestyle health conditions. Using a fishbone diagram, it can be possible the leading cause of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity to find the most appropriate method that should apply to prevent such issues (Reiners et al., 2019).
The project management approach also can help in generating ideas that can be used to address the problem. It encourages brainstorming and mind mapping that can help in coming up with ideas and concepts. Therefore, there is a need to use a project management approach to solve health care issues affecting most people across the world.
The project management approach usually helps in selecting the best solution to use in problem-solving. To address the issue of chronic disease, health practitioners should consider the best choice that can help in solving the problems. As well, this approach is capable of enabling health professionals to choose the best option among other sources that will help to resolve chronic health issues (Reiners et al., 2019).
The application of the project management approach in solving the issue of chronic diseases in the United States and other parts of the world has both advantages and disadvantages.
Pros
1. Efficient Goal Setting
The use of the approach in addressing chronic disease issues can help in setting better goals that can assist in finding the best way of dealing with chronic disease issues. An efficient system will aid in setting SMART goals (Rush et al., 2018).
2. Accurate Risk Assessment
The project management approach can help inaccurate risk assessment associated with the issue under study. It ensures that proper communication is maintained in various stages of finding the most appropriate method of solving chronic disease issues (Rush et al., 2018).
Cons of Project Management Approach
1. Increased Complexity
The project management approach involves a complicated process with various stages. When the plan is applied to solve chronic disease issues, the process used can go for long thus can complicate the process. Therefore, this approach might not be the most appropriate method of addressing chronic disease issues in the health sector (Rush et al., 2018).
2. High Cost
The project management approach requires colossal capital to facilitate all steps needed to achieve the goals of the project. The processes involved in this approach comprises of the training process that might increases the cost of solving chronic disease issues (Rush et al., 2018). Thus, it might not be the best way of solving the problem under the study.
The primary purpose of this study is to eradicate chronic conditions through various approaches such as education, creating public awareness, prevention of infection, and decreasing the causes of death. Another goal of this project is to focus on solving the two major chronic diseases that are obesity and diabetes, which are common among many people all over the world (Rush et al., 2018).
The range of this research will perform in-depth analysis to identify the most appropriate methods of solving chronic diseases affecting various groups of people. The project will assess the possible challenges that might be involved when addressing chronic issues.
References
Chapel, J. M., Ritchey, M. D., Zhang, D., & Wang, G. (2017). Prevalence and medical costs of chronic diseases among adult Medicaid beneficiaries. American Journal of Preventive Medicine
, 53
(6), S143-S154.
Dinh, T. T. H., Bonner, A., Clark, R., Ramsbotham, J., & Hines, S. (2016). The effectiveness of the teach-back method on adherence and self-management in health education for people with chronic disease: a systematic review. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 14(1), 210-247.
Reiners, F., Sturm, J., Bouw, L. J., & Wouters, E. J. (2019). Sociodemographic factors are influencing the use of eHealth in people with chronic diseases—international journal of environmental research and public health, 16(4), 645.
Rush, K. L., Hatt, L., Janke, R., Burton, L., Ferrier, M., & Tetrault, M. (2018). The efficacy of telehealth delivered educational approaches for patients with chronic diseases: A systematic review. Patient education and counselling, 101(8), 1310-1321.
Walker, R. C., Tong, A., Howard, K., & Palmer, S. C. (2019). Patient expectations and experiences of remote monitoring for chronic diseases: Systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. International journal of medical informatics, 124, 78-85.
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IDENTIFY PROJECT NEED AND SCOPE DEFINITION 7
Identify Project Need and Scope Definition
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Instructor
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Goals and Scope of the Project
The purpose of this project is to discuss chronic diseases as a significant issue affecting many communities in the United States. Over the past decade, chronic illness has been reported as one of the leading health issues affecting many communities in the United States. Therefore, this project seeks to discuss the significant chronic diseases currently rampant in American communities and the most vulnerable individuals to contract this illness.
The range of this research will involve performing in-depth analysis to identify the most appropriate methods of addressing chronic issues to reduce the number of infection among members of communities in the United States. The project will assess the possible challenges that might be involved when addressing chronic issues.
Background of Chronic Disease in the Florida States
Chronic illness is human diseases that are persistent or considered to be long-lasting in their effects. In the United States, particularly the State of Florida, a chronic condition is a rampant health issue that affects many groups of people, especially older people. The common public health issues that have been reported over the past 10 years include obesity, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and cancer (Chapel, Ritchey, Zhang, & Wang, 2017).
The State of Florida is one of the states in the United States, where cases of chronic illness have been highly reported over the last decade. The problem arises from human living conditions, unlike acute illness, which is considered to occur through unknown circumstances. According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), the issue of chronic diseases started to attract the attention of members of the public in early 2000 (Chapel et al., 2017). At the moment, cases of diabetes and obesity are topping the list of much chronic illness affecting many Americans. Since 2005, the United States governments have been spending a lot of money to provide medication to people affected by chronic diseases.
Currently, chronic illness is considered a lifestyle condition because it affects many people in every part of the world. The issue of chronic disease has led to an increase in the cost of health care in many countries across the globe. At the moment, governments of different nations are forced to increase their allocation for health sectors to provide medication chronic illness patients (Dinh et al., 2016). As such, it is essential to discuss this issue that has created more pressure in the state of Florida and other parts of the United States.
Secondly, chronic condition adversely affects all classes of people regardless of the social classes. For example, people experiencing chronic illness in the United States and the United Kingdom are from both low and top social levels. Therefore, it is imperative to address this issue to help to find possible solutions that can help to reduce chronic conditions which have claimed the lives of many people in Florida States (Reiners et al., 2019).
Need for Application of Project Management Approach to Solve Chronic Diseases Issues
Project management approaches are techniques that are used universally in planning, controlling, and estimating activities to assist in solving the existing problem. The issue of chronic condition requires proper planning, arrangement, and execution of operations to get its solution. As such, it is vital to apply a project management approach to solve the problem of chronic conditions that have outstanding effects in the health sector across the world (Reiners et al., 2019).
Essentially, project management aids in defining the problem to enrich knowledge about the issue. In this case, the technique will help health professionals to understand what specific chronic diseases are and why they affect many people of different ages. Secondly, project management will help to determine the cause of chronic issues to help to implement ways to prevent them since they are lifestyle health conditions. Using a fishbone diagram, it can be possible identify the leading cause of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity to find the most appropriate method that should apply to prevent such issues (Reiners et al., 2019).
The project management approach also can help in generating ideas that can be used to address the problem. It encourages brainstorming and mind mapping that can help in coming up with ideas and concepts. Therefore, there is a need to use a project management approach to solve health care issues affecting most people across the world.
The project management approach usually helps in selecting the best solution to use in problem-solving. To address the issue of chronic disease, health practitioners should consider the best choice that can help in solving the problems. As well, this approach is capable of enabling health professionals to choose the best option among other sources that will help to resolve chronic health issues (Reiners et al., 2019).
Pros and Cons of Project Management Approach in Solving Chronic Issues
The application of the project management approach in solving the issue of chronic diseases in the United States and other parts of the world has both advantages and disadvantages.
Pros
1. Efficient Goal Setting
The use of the approach in addressing chronic condition can help in setting better goals that can assist in finding the best way of dealing with chronic diseases. An efficient system will aid in setting SMART goals (Rush et al., 2018).
2. Accurate Risk Assessment
The project management approach can help inaccurate risk assessment associated with the issue under study. It ensures that proper communication is maintained in various stages of finding the most appropriate method of solving chronic disease issues (Rush et al., 2018).
Cons of Project Management Approach
1. Increased Complexity
A project management approach involves a complicated process with various stages. When the plan is applied to solve chronic disease issues, the process used can go for long thus can complicate the process. Therefore, this approach might not be the most appropriate method of addressing chronic disease issues in the health sector (Rush et al., 2018).
2. High Cost
A project management approach requires huge capital to facilitate all steps needed to achieve the goals of the project. The processes involved in this approach comprises of the training process that might increases the cost of solving chronic disease issues (Rush et al., 2018). Thus, it might not be the best way of solving the problem under the study.
References
Chapel, J. M., Ritchey, M. D., Zhang, D., & Wang, G. (2017). Prevalence and medical costs of chronic diseases among adult Medicaid beneficiaries. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(6), S143-S154.
Dinh, T. T. H., Bonner, A., Clark, R., Ramsbotham, J., & Hines, S. (2016). The effectiveness of the teach-back method on adherence and self-management in health education for people with chronic disease: a systematic review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 14(1), 210-247.
Reiners, F., Sturm, J., Bouw, L. J., & Wouters, E. J. (2019). Sociodemographic factors are influencing the use of eHealth in people with chronic diseases. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(4), 645.
Rush, K. L., Hatt, L., Janke, R., Burton, L., Ferrier, M., & Tetrault, M. (2018). The efficacy of telehealth delivered educational approaches for patients with chronic diseases: A Systematic Review. Patient Education and Counselling, 101(8), 1310-1321.
Walker, R. C., Tong, A., Howard, K., & Palmer, S. C. (2019). Patient expectations and experiences of remote monitoring for chronic diseases: Systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 124, 78-85.