Healthcare System Project Charter

• Complete Part 1 of your project charter.

Introduction

The project charter provides an overview of the proposed project and is a working plan for how it will be executed. It contains key information including the who, what, when, and where of the project and how it will be conducted.

Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 3: Develop a project charter that addresses a potential gap; problem, or opportunity within a health care system.

• Justify selection of departmental and executive sponsors.
• Describe the overarching aim of a project, including the impact on a process or systems change.
• Summarize the specific project strategy or intervention that will be used to accomplish the aim.
• Describe the project team members and reasons they were chosen.
• Describe the impact the project will have on stakeholders, including safety and quality.
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, interprofessional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others.
• Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

Note: The assessments in this course must be completed in the order presented; subsequent assessments should be built on both your earlier work and your instructor’s feedback on earlier assessments. If you choose to submit assessments prematurely, without considering and integrating your instructor’s feedback, your assessment may be returned ungraded, resulting in your loss of an assessment attempt.

Overview

The project charter provides an overview of the proposed project and is a working plan for how it will be executed. It contains key information including the who, what, when, and where of the project and how it will be conducted. For this assessment, you will use information from the interview you conducted in Assessment 1. Use the Project Charter Template [DOCX] to develop the first part of the project charter.

Drawing from the gap, need, or opportunity for improvement identified in the leadership interview, begin to develop a project charter for the topic. Although this project should address a relevant gap, data or contextual evidence may not be available. In that case, you may use fictitious information for this assessment or obtain data from the general literature (make sure to cite the source).

Instructions

Complete Part 1 of the project charter using the Project Charter Template. Be succinct but be sure to include all required information. Include evidence-based rationale and cite appropriately using APA. Include the reference list on the last page.

The following criteria will be used to evaluate your work:

• Justify selection of departmental and executive sponsors.
  • Describe the overarching aim of the project, including the impact on a process or systems change.
  • Summarize the specific project strategy or intervention that will be used to accomplish the aim.
  • Describe the project team members and reasons they were chosen.
  • Describe the impact the project will have on stakeholders, including patient safety and quality.
  • Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

• Assessment 2 Example [PDF].

Additional Requirements

Your assessment should meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Write clearly, accurately, and professionally, incorporating sources appropriately. Even though this is a template, you are required to write in complete sentences unless indicated otherwise. Avoid the use of bulleted lists or incomplete sentences.
• Length: Complete all fields of Part 1 of Project Charter Template.
• Resources: Include sources where appropriate within the template, and provide a reference list on the last page.
• APA format: Cite your sources using current APA format.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• SCORING GUIDE

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

VIEW SCORING GUIDE