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NR 631 Week 6 Discussion: Planning and Scheduling

Assume you were appointed as project manager to lead a dozen of your classmates towrite up an end-of-course summary guide that would be used to update all areas of thecourse (i.e., discussion questions, lectures, assignments, quizzes, and exams). You getto meet face to face periodically, but the majority of the work is done via conference callande-mail.Youplantoformsubteamstoworkoneachoftheseelements,eachheadedby a subteam leader. How would you set up your WBS? What are some of theconsiderations...

CommunicationinProjectManagement Think about all of the stakeholders and colleagues that must be kept up to date on thestatusofyourproject.Therecipientofyourcommunicationmay beupstream(higheronthe organizational chart), lateral (an equal organizationally), or downstream (i.e. enduser) in relation to the project. A student in a prior CGE course comparedcommunication in project management to the five rights of medicationadministration...weneedtogive: • Therightperson • Therightinformation...

Think about all of the stakeholders and colleagues that must be kept up to date on the status of your project. The recipient of your communication may be upstream (higher on the organizational chart), lateral (an equal organizationally), or downstream (i.e. end user) in relation to the project.

ReadtheMitchell(2013)articlelistedintherequiredreadinglist.Leadingchangeisanimportant part of successful project execution and implementation. The nurse leaderand project manager should be intimately familiar with a particular change theory thatserves as the framework for leading the change represented by a project. Identify your"go-to" change leadership framework and discuss how you will use that framework toguideorganizationalchange.

You'll recall that as part of developing your project charter (Week 2), you submitted apreliminary budget. This week's lesson went into much greater depth on the financialaspects of a project. This is a good time to look at your preliminary budget, considerwhat was presented in this week's lesson, and reflect back on other financial conceptsandtoolsyoulearnedthroughoutthenurseexecutivetrack.Usethefollowingquestionsasthebasisforyourdiscussionthisweek. • Whatvariancescanyouidentifyonyourp...

As a project manager, part of your responsibility will be identifying resources that you have available andthose resources that you may need in addition to what is currently available. Once you know whatphysical and human resources you have at your disposal, you then use the PM tools introduced in thelessontoallocateandschedulethem.Inthinkingaboutyourproject,whatresourcesmightyouanticipatebeing the most concerning to secure and/or manage? I look forward to your thoughts and to interactingwithsom...

NR 631/ NR631 Week 3 Discussion: Change theory in project management

NR 631 Week 4 Discussion; Collaboration Cafe; Communication in Project Management

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