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Single greatest cause of IT project failure
poor execution
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project
a temporary effort to create a unique product, service, or result
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project management
the planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of company resourcers for a relatively short-term objective that has been established to complete specific goals and objectives
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program
is a group of related, often interdependent projects
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portfolio
collection of programs and projects
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portfolio management
encompasses managing the collections of programs and projects in a portfolio.
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portfolio management office
a centralized organization dedicated to improving the practice and outcomes of projects via holistic management of all projects. An organization's overall IM/IT governance structure and processes.
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benefits of mature project function
- an organization to be successful and efficient
- success rate of IM/IT projects
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sequence of 5 key processes of PM
- project initiation
- project planning
- project execution
- project monitoring and controlling
- project closing
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Benefit of Project Management Institute credentialling
offers the Project Management Professional certification and the Program Management Professional certification
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Table 4.2 key skills of procurement and communication management knowledge areas.
- initation and integration
- scope management
- time management
- cost management
- quality management
- human resources management
- communications management
- risk management
- procurement management
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Benefits of using project management tools
automated support to more professionally manage projects
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Key benefit of critical path analysis and program management
- critical path analysis- a forecast of the shortest possible time in which the overall project can be completed
- program management- ability to collapse these tasks into the critical path of a project
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Impact of Portfolio dashboard
providing strategic views into myriad projects the organization is working on to benefit IM/IT goverance decision making
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functions of portfolio management office
- communication
- management and oversight
- staff function to support the IM/IT goverance
- metrics and dashboards to facilitate transparency
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stages of portfolio management office function
- ad hoc stage- informally and inconsistent, results are equally inconsistent
- defined-apps and infrastruture are well defined and documented
- managed- vetting and rationalizing or ranking projects based on key strategic criteria
- synchronized- PMO scorecards or dashboards
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Key steps towards mitigating project risks and realizing anticipated benefits
- -implementing professional project management capabilities
- -identifying and managing the cross- project interdepencies that a program management approach
- -portfolio management office with the organization's IM/IT goverance
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impact of HIPAA
changed healthcare IM/IT over the decade
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3 roles of external environment and government in healthcare
- why does the govt get involved in regulating hc
- what types of interventions
- triggers interventions
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3 challenges in healthcare
cost, quality, and access
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justification for govt intervention in hc
the marketplace does not perform its normal function of optimizing resource production efficiency and resource allocation decision making as classical economics theory
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Nat'l Library of Medicine
hc excess should be familiar with NLM's funding priorities, as they have taken a large role in assisting hc org develop info systems to support clinical operations and research.
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reasons for govt intervention in healthcare
- the govt gets involved in hc, broad obligation to protectthe health and welfare
- lack of intervention
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Which provisions of HIPAA established transaction standards and the security and privacy of certain health info?
- standards
- provider and health plan mandate
- privacy
- preemption of state law
- penalities
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year HIPPA was enacted
1996
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transaction
set standards warrant additional commentary because they are so vital to the effective implementation and use of the electronic record
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Primary focus of 3 categories of clinical systems
- patient care systems
- public health info systems
- medical research info systems
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Which hc org positions or organizational units have lead HIPAA task forces?
CIO
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Privacy act of 1974
protect the privacy of patients
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Responsibility of IT leadership
fully understand the operational and resource implications of all legislation
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IS steering committee role in disaster protection and recovery
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What are the 3 elements of a comprehensive info security policy?
- physical security
- technical controls over access
- management policies that are well known and enforced in all organizational units
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