HCS 412 Wk 1 – Project Management Life Cycle

Complete the Project Management Life Cycle Worksheet.

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HCS 412 Wk 2 – Project Plan: Project Mission Statement and Objectives

In this course, you will complete a project plan template for a health care project. Each week you will complete content needed within the Project Plan Template. The purpose of the template is to guide you through the planning process of a project and its completion.

Read the scenarios below and select which scenario you would like to use, and review the Project Plan Template. Make sure you watch the video announcement about the assignment each week.

412 Planning Scenarios.docx

Complete Section 1: Introduction of the Project Plan Template.

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HCS 412 Wk 3 Team – Keeping a Project on Track

As a learning team, discuss:

• Differentiating between a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart
• The benefits and challenges with a work breakdown structure
• The advantages and disadvantages of Gantt charts

Write a 175- to 350-word summary of your discussion.

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your summary according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

HCS 412 Wk 3 – Project Plan: Work Breakdown Structure and Gantt Chart

Complete Section 2: Work Breakdown Structure and Section 3: Project Schedule in the Project Plan Template document. REMEMBER, you are resubmitting the same document you submitted last week, with these two additional sections completed.

If you do not know how to create a Gantt chart, there are many videos on YouTube explaining the process. Do some independent research.

Note: The Work Breakdown Structure chart in Section 2 of the Project Plan Template document will be used to complete other sections within the template.

Submit your assignment.

HCS 412 Wk 4 Team – Importance of Project Budgets

As a learning team, discuss:

• The importance of a project budget
• Strategies for creating an appropriate project budget
• Strategies to use when the project has gone over budget

Write a 175- to 350-word summary of your discussion.

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your summary according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

HCS 412 Wk 4 – Project Plan: Resource Utilization and Assumptions and Risk Analysis

Review the content you have completed in Sections 1 through 3 in the Project Plan Template.

Complete Section 4: Resource Utilization and Section 5: Assumptions and Risk Analysis in the Project Plan Template.

This is the final version of the project plan. It should be professional and crisp and look ready to submit to a governing board. Make sure you have the title in the page header on every page, that ALL font is black, including headers and that your references are in APA format.

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HCS 412 Wk 5 Team – Challenges of Project Management

As a learning team, discuss:

• How the management of healthcare-related projects differs from non-health care-related projects
• Challenges faced during project management in health care
• Strategies you could use to combat these challenges

Write a 175- to 350-word summary of your discussion.

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Format your summary according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

HCS 412 Wk 5 – Signature Assignment: Project Plan Proposal

Now that you have completed your project plan, you have been asked to provide a presentation on your project and highlight key points of the project plan.

Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you:

• Identify the project based on the scenario selected.
• Explain the project’s mission statement and objectives.
• Explain the project’s work breakdown structure and Gantt Chart.
• Provide a visual of each, if applicable.
• Explain the resource utilization, including funding sources and project budget.
• Explain the assumptions, risk, and mitigation with the project.
• Explain how changes to the economic climate or culture could have an impact on the project.
• Provide a conclusion of your proposed project plan.

Include a title page and a references page.

Provide 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support the development of the assignment.

Format any resources according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.