HQS 620 Project Management Methodologies Essay

HQS 620 Project Management Methodologies Essay

HQS 620 Project Management Methodologies Essay

 

Assessment Description

The purpose of this assignment is to contrast common project management methodologies that can be utilized in health care project management. Conduct your own research so you are able to contrast Lean/Six Sigma, Waterfall, PSDA, and Agile methodologies. In addition, select another project management methodology of your choice.

Use the Project Management Methodologies template to complete the assignment.

This assignment requires two to three scholarly resources.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

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Resources

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9 of the Most Popular Project Management Methodologies Made Simple

Read “9 of the Most Popular Project Management Methodologies Made Simple,” by Aston, located on the Digital Project Manager websi

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https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/project-management-methodologies-made-simple/

Hybrid Project Management Has Role in Health Care Today

Read “Hybrid Project Management Has Role in Health Care Today,” by Hakim, from Physician Leadership Journal (2019).

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Project Management: Case Studies

Read “Project Management Methodologies” in Project Management: Case Studies.

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How to Begin a Quality Improvement Project

Read “How to Begin a Quality Improvement Project,” by Silver et al., from American Society of Nephrology (2016).

https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/clinjasn/11/5/893.full.pdf

Project Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse

Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Project Management for the Advanced Practice Nurse.

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A Health Care Project Management Office’s Strategies for Continual Change and Continuous Improvement

Read “A Health Care Project Management Office’s Strategies for Continual Change and Continuous Improvement,” by Tremblay Aubry, R

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Top Project Management Methodologies 2019

View “Top Project Management Methodologies 2019,” from KnowledgeHut, located on YouTube.

Project Management for Healthcare

Read the “Safety” and “Regulatory” sections of Chapter 2 in “Project Management for Healthcare,” by Shirley (2011

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HQS-620 Project Management Methodologies Template

Directions: Research information about the project management methodologies listed below to complete the table. In addition, conduct your own research on other project management methodologies and include this in the table below. The assignment requires a minimum of two or three scholarly resources. A resource may be used more than once in the last column of the template.

Project Management Methodology Description Pros Cons Example of when this methodology would be appropriate Scholarly Resource
Lean/Six Sigma

 

Waterfall

 

PDSA

 

Agile

 

Choose an additional project management methodology here

 

Project Management Methodologies – Rubric

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Lean/Six Sigma

14.4 points

Criteria Description

Lean/Six Sigma

  1. 5: Excellent

14.4 points

The required elements for Lean/Six Sigma are present and thorough.

  1. 4: Good

13.25 points

The required elements for Lean/Six Sigma are present and detailed.

  1. 3: Satisfactory

12.67 points

The required elements for Lean/Six Sigma are present.

  1. 2: Less Than Satisfactory

11.52 points

The required elements for Lean/Six Sigma are present but lack details or are incomplete.

  1. 1: Unsatisfactory

0 points

The required elements for Lean/Six Sigma are not present.

Waterfall

14.4 points

Criteria Description

Waterfall

  1. 5: Excellent

14.4 points

The required elements for Waterfall are present and thorough.

  1. 4: Good

13.25 points

The required elements for Waterfall are present and detailed.

  1. 3: Satisfactory

12.67 points

The required elements for Waterfall are present.

  1. 2: Less Than Satisfactory

11.52 points

The required elements for Waterfall are present but lack details or are incomplete.

  1. 1: Unsatisfactory

0 points

The required elements for Waterfall are not present.

PDSA

14.4 points

Criteria Description

PDSA

  1. 5: Excellent

14.4 points

The required elements for PDSA are present and thorough.

  1. 4: Good

13.25 points

The required elements for PDSA are present and detailed.

  1. 3: Satisfactory

12.67 points

The required elements for PDSA are present.

  1. 2: Less Than Satisfactory

11.52 points

The required elements for PDSA are present but lack details or are incomplete.

  1. 1: Unsatisfactory

0 points

The required elements for PDSA are not present.

Agile

14.4 points

Criteria Description

Agile

  1. 5: Excellent

14.4 points

The required elements for Agile are present and thorough.

  1. 4: Good

13.25 points

The required elements for Agile are present and detailed.

  1. 3: Satisfactory

12.67 points

The required elements for Agile are present.

  1. 2: Less Than Satisfactory

11.52 points

The required elements for Agile are present but lack details or are incomplete.

  1. 1: Unsatisfactory

0 points

The required elements for Agile are not present.

Additional Project Management Methodology

14.4 points

Criteria Description

Additional Project Management Methodology

  1. 5: Excellent

14.4 points

The required elements for the selected methodology are present and thorough.

  1. 4: Good

13.25 points

The required elements for the selected methodology are present and detailed.

  1. 3: Satisfactory

12.67 points

The required elements for the selected methodology are present.

  1. 2: Less Than Satisfactory

11.52 points

The required elements for the selected methodology are present but lack details or are incomplete.

  1. 1: Unsatisfactory

0 points

The required elements for the selected methodology are not present.

Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, and language use)

4 points

Criteria Description

Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, and language use)

  1. 5: Excellent

4 points

The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.

  1. 4: Good

3.68 points

Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech.

  1. 3: Satisfactory

3.52 points

Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed.

  1. 2: Less Than Satisfactory

3.2 points

Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied.

  1. 1: Unsatisfactory

0 points

Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is employed.

Documentation of Sources

4 points

Criteria Description

Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style)

  1. 5: Excellent

4 points

Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.

  1. 4: Good

3.68 points

Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct.

  1. 3: Satisfactory

3.52 points

Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present.

  1. 2: Less Than Satisfactory

3.2 points

Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors.

  1. 1: Unsatisfactory

0 points

Sources are not documented.

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Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

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Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

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Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Hello class and welcome to the class and I will be your instructor for this course. This is a -week course and requires a lot of time commitment, organization, and a high level of dedication. Please use the class syllabus to guide you through all the assignments required for the course. I have also attached the classroom policies to this announcement to know your expectations for this course. Please review this document carefully and ask me any questions if you do. You could email me at any time or send me a message via the “message” icon in halo if you need to contact me. I check my email regularly, so you should get a response within 24 hours. If you have not heard from me within 24 hours and need to contact me urgently, please send a follow up text to

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Please, be advised I do NOT accept any assignments by email. If you are having technical issues with uploading an assignment, contact the technical department and inform me of the issue. If you have any issues that would prevent you from getting your assignments to me by the deadline, please inform me to request a possible extension. Note that working fulltime or overtime is no excuse for late assignments. There is a 5%-point deduction for every day your assignment is late. This only applies to approved extensions. Late assignments will not be accepted.

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Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

  • Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
  • There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
  • Include in-text citations in your response
  • Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
  • Follow APA-7th edition
  • Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

  • A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
  • Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
  • Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
  • Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
  • Follow APA 7th edition
  • Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
  • Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
  • Here are some helpful links
  • Student paper example
  • Citing Sources
  • The Writing Center is a great resource