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Summer 2005
Session Objectives
Project initiation Selecting Projects Project Charter
Washington Mercy Hospital case study
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IT Planning Process
Selecting Projects
Usually more projects than time & resources available to implement them Important to follow logical process for selecting IT projects to work on Methods include focusing on broad needs, categorizing projects, financial methods & weighted scoring models
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Excel file
Excel file
Project Charters
After deciding what project to work on, its important to formalize projects Project Charter is document formally recognizing existence of project & provides direction on projects objectives & management Key project stakeholders should sign project charter to acknowledge agreement on need & intent of project
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Project Charters
Unfortunately authors disagree on the details:
Schwalbe Marchewka Verzuh
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Steve McCann
Director of Purchasing
Sign-off: (Signatures of all above stakeholders) Comments: (Handwritten comments from above stakeholders, if applicable) This project must be done within ten months at the absolute latest. Mike Zwack, CIO We are assuming that adequate staff will be available and committed to supporting this project. Some work must be done after hours to avoid work disruptions, and overtime will be provided. Jeff Johnson and Kim Nguyen, Information Technology Department
Document the project MOV Define project infrastructure Summarize details of project plan Define roles and responsibilities Show explicit commitment to project Set out project control mechanisms
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Project charter
brief, high level document formally establishing project understood & signed by all key stakeholders
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Establish
Initiate
Charter establishes project Next must compete with other projects for scarce resources Prioritize go or no go? Go ahead Begin Analysis Phase needs requirements detailed SOW
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Add ambulatory surgery center Goes to arbitration Management & project issues Technical issues Blame responsibility?
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