This course is designed to leverage health care providers' expertise in facilitating both strategic planning and management of complex projects in health care organizations. Content focuses on project management throughout the systems lifecycle, and implements these skills in a health-related web site development project to demonstrate and reinforce concepts learned.
This course introduced me to the formal tools and techniques of project management. Concepts were applied as we created a handheld database (screenshots of PDA forms) used by charge nurses to gather and protect patient data they need to perform their role. In order to increase the chances of success of the project, we developed a strategic plan, conducted various types of analysis, created and tested the PDA tool, and drafted an executive summary.