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WGU C790 Nursing Informatics Project Management
1.project management: organizing and directing other people to
achieve a planned result within a predetermined schedule and
budget.
2.oversight committee: clients and key managers who review the
progress and direct the project
3.Level of formality or ceremony: the rigor of holding formal
meetings and producing detailed documentation
4.Agile Project Management: a way of balancing flexibility and chaos:
how to be agile and flexible while maintaining control of the project
schedule, budget, and deliverables.
agile time frame-difficult to create/maintain project schedule
cost estimates are difficult to make, especially with a project in which
the require- ments are expected to change throughout. project
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manager controls cost
quality management: each iteration has a deliverable. testing spread
throughout project, also process evaluations of each iteration
5.system vision document (SVD): a document to help define the scope
of a new system
6.business benefits: the benefits that accrue to the organization;
usually mea- sured in dollars (part of SVD)
7.system capabilities: the required capabilities of a new system; part of
a System Vision Document (part of SVD)
8.cost/benefit analysis: process of comparing costs and benefits to see
whether investing in a new system will be beneficial
9.net present value (NPV): the present value of dollar benefits and
dollar costs of a particular investment
10.break-even point: the point in time at which dollar benefits offset
dollar costs