New Century Wellness Group offers a holistic approach to healthcare with an emphasis on pre· ventive medicine as well as traditional...

New Century Wellness Group offers a holistic approach to healthcare with an emphasis on pre·

ventive medicine as well as traditional medical care. In your role as an IT consultant, you will help

New Century develop a new information system.

Background

In the previous chapter, you conducted a preliminary investigation into New Century's request for

a business support system and a medical practice support system. In your presentation to the part·

ners, you explained that although they will communicate and share data, the two systems should

be treated as separate IT projects. After discussing your recommendations, Dr. Jones and the part·

ners decided to move forward with the business support system project and want you to describe

the next steps.

Project Management

To ensure the quality, cost, and timeliness of the new system, you suggested that New Century use

a project management approach. Dr. jones agreed, and he wants you develop a brief presentation

that will describe project management concepts and benefits. You rea lize that most of the partners

do not have project management experience, and it is important to deliver a clear, informative

presentation.

You plan to include an overview of project management, a step-by-step descr iption of project

planning, and an explanation of key terms. You also need to describe various types of task pat·

terns, and show examples of Gantt and PERT/CPM charts.

Tasks

1. Create a Microsoft Power Point presentation to explain project management concepts and

benefits.

2. Create a Microsoft Word handout with a list of all key project management terms, including

a definition and an example for each term.

3. In your presentation, provide an example of an imaginary project with at least six tasks. As·

sign task durations and dependencies that include all types of task patterns. Create a Gantt

chart that displays the project.

4. Use the Task 3 example to create a PERT/CPM chart.