Order Description
Project Management involves understanding the cost of IT, its value to the organization and the project. Certain projects take a life of their own and go beyond the organizational policies and constraints. In developing a project the team members should realize the IT priorities for the organization and how they fit with the project goals. Organizational priorities take precedence. Moreover, during the duration of the project the project leader should be making periodic reports to the Board of Directors of the organization (or other designated entity). All these aspects are discussed in the lectures and the textbook. Consider a hypothetical Health Care organization that consists of a hospital, affiliated doctors, laboratory and a pharmacy. This organization also works closely with the insurance companies. With the Electronic Health Record mandate of the Affordable Care Act, assume that this Health Care Organization keeps only electronic records of all activities related to patients. Make your presentation based on this hypothetical organization using only electronic records of all activities. You should address all Project Management related concepts discussed in the course.
All four teams will be working on the same project. Each team should make their presentation independent of the other teams. Each presentation should reflect the work of your team. You cannot share information across teams.
The presentations will be in the regular classroom. I will have the projector set up and your team should bring a laptop with the presentation. Each team will have 30 minutes to make the presentation. At the end of your presentation you should submit the final report on your project. This is one report per team. Identify all team members in the report. If a member did not contribute to the report then you should not include that team member’s name in the report. This is not a collection of your presentation slides. This report will follow the guidelines of other reports, except that no references will be needed. You may include references as it is relevant for the report. I expect this report to be approximately 10 pages single spaced. Think of it as the final report that the Project Manager would submit to the company.
Professional attire is important for the presenters. Do not read from notes. Address the audience, not the instructor. Do not clutter the slides with too much text or graphics. Your presentation should be ready when your turn comes. Slides should be free from errors.
An Interim Report will be needed on this project and it is worth 5 points. You should submit the Interim Report on April 5, 2017 as a Word document. This report should identify the progress made by your team and how you have divided the work on this project among your team members. The length of this report will be a maximum of 4 pages. There will be a link on Blackboard for this submission.
Evaluation Rubric:
Interim Report 5 pts. (all team members will get the same score)
Appearance of presenters 3 pts. (each student will be assessed individually)
Quality of Presentation 30 pts. (same score for each team member)
Presentation Delivery 5 pts. (each student will be assessed individually)
Ask questions of presenters 3 pts. (each student will be assessed individually)
Attend presentations by other teams 2 pts. (each student will be assessed individually)
Present at class start time 2 pts. (each student will be assessed individually)
Note: Even if you do not have questions for one presentation then you should have questions for the other presentations. If you do not ask any questions related to the presentations, then you will lose the 3 points assigned for this purpose.
