Communication Plan and Project Management Practices for Integrated Public Health Informatics System

Project Management

Table of Contents
Executive Summary...............................................................................................................................3
Assessment of the Current Communication Plan..................................................................................3
Communication Plan vs. Project Management Practices......................................................................3
Recommendations.................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................6

Executive Summary
In the below report, the communication plan as well as the best project management practices have
been discussed in order to accomplish the project related to integrated public health informatics
system. The main reason behind adopting this project is that a lot of time is wasted while collecting
all the necessary information from different sources at the time of an epidemic outbreak. The
County Health Department (CHD) felt the need for increasing the capacity of their informatics and
hence, this project was initiated by the new epidemiologist of CHD and a leading role in this is being
played by the communicable disease section of CHD. In the end of the report, a communication plan
as well as communication method has been suggested by keeping in mind about the nature of the
project that is a public project, which is different from privately managed projects.
Assessment of the Current Communication Plan
Communication is the basis for success of any project and hence, effective communication is a must
for successful completion of the project. In order to develop an integrated public health informatics,
it is very important to communicate the plan with every stakeholder and involve them in this process
as resistance from any single stakeholder can disrupt the process of the project. In the given case,
the communication plan has included all the major stakeholders who will be affected by the project
or has some role to play in the project. The communication plan has also included the issues or
problems that will be encountered while dealing with each stakeholder. Along with this, the
message that needs to be communicated to each stakeholder has also been mentioned like, sharing
the status of the project as well as any kind of milestones arising in the completion of project. The
communication plan has also included about the method that is going to be adopted in order to
communicate these messages to the relevant and respective stakeholders. The nature of the
communication has also been included in the communication plan of the project like whether the
communication is going to be formal or detailed, etc. Hence, it can be said that the communication
plan of the project is well prepared and has given almost all the relevant details regarding the
communication process related to the development of integrated public health informatics project.
Communication Plan vs. Project Management Practices
There are many different project management practices like the waterfall method, six sigma
method, agile approach and kanban technique. On the basis of the given case study, it can be said
that the management practice that best suits the situation is the waterfall method. This method is
adopted when the picture of final product is clear, as in this case the final product is integrated
public health informatics system. In this method, the need is realized in the beginning and then the