IT Project Management in Healthcare

At the end of the course, students will be able to: 1. describe a project life cycle, and can skillfully map each stage in the cycle; 2. identify the resources needed for each stage, including involved stakeholders, tools and supplementary materials; 3. describe the time needed to successfully complete a project, considering factors such as task dependencies and task lengths; 4. provide internal stakeholders with information regarding project costs by considering factors such as estimated cost, variances and profits; and 5. develop a project scope while considering factors such as customer requirements and internal/external goals.

This course is mainly designed to prepare students with the knowledge to be IT project managers with project management skills needed to better manage IT projects. Basic concepts of IT project management, including initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing projects. The course also shows how IT projects should be managed, from inception to post implementation review. Improving management skills and abilities to define the project scope, creating workable project plan, and manage within the budget and schedule.