Project Management for Healthcare Mobile App Development - PROJ6000

This presentation explores the multifaceted realm of project management within the context of mobile application development, specifically targeting the healthcare sector. It begins by outlining essential project management processes, encompassing strategic definition, meticulous planning, technical design, application development, rigorous testing, quality assurance, deployment, staff training, benefits realization, and comprehensive support and maintenance plans, culminating in project closure. The presentation then delves into the significance of project management methodologies, advocating for adaptive, agile, and lean approaches, while also acknowledging extreme programming. Furthermore, it elucidates ten critical project management knowledge areas, including scope, integration, procurement, cost, quality, time, human resources, communication, risk, and stakeholder management, all vital for a successful mobile application project. The presentation also analyzes the factors that contribute to project success and failure, and explores the consequences of poor project management practices, such as budget overruns and customer dissatisfaction. This work is a valuable resource for students, offering insights into the practical application of project management principles in the development of mobile applications.

Project Management
for Mobile Application
Development
Name of the Student
Name of the University

Project Management Processes
The different processes based on implementation within
the healthcare mobile application designing project are:
 Defining proper project strategy
 Preparing for a project plan layout (Nicholas & Steyn,
2017)
 Designing the technical plan layout
 Development and testing of application

Project Management Processes
 Performing a thorough quality check and deployment
 Performing and providing a proper training to all
healthcare staff and personnel (Seabra & Almeida,
2015)
 Preparing a benefits realization plan
 Defining Support and Maintenance plan
 Project closure (Alsabi & Dahanayake, 2016)

Project Management Methodologies
 Impact of PM methodologies are helpful for
achieving planned results and goals
 It is a model employed for project planning,
designing, implementation and accomplishment
(Hoehle & Venkatesh, 2015)
 Methodologies as an underlying guideline for project
managers

Project Management Methodologies
Methodologies to be suggested for the current project
are:
 Adaptive Project methodology
 Agile methodology (Calderón & Ruiz, 2015)
 Extreme Programming (XP)
 Lean Development

Project Management Knowledge
Areas
There are 10 different knowledge areas that could be
related to the application development project:
 Project scope management
 Project integration management (Jeon & Park, 2018)
 Project procurement management
 Project cost management for a budget of $90,000
 Project quality management (Fleming & Koppelman,
2016)

Project Management Knowledge
Areas
 Project time management for a 12-month long project
 Project human resource management for a workforce of
9 employees
 Project communication management (Alarifi et al., 2016)
 Project risk management
 Project stakeholder management

Relation of PM towards Project
Success or Failure
The critical success factors that could be considered in
case of the software application development project
are:
 Enforcing a strong strategy
 Performing intensive planning (Joslin & Müller, 2015)
 Defining clear communication strategies

Relation of PM towards Project
Success or Failure
Failure in projects could mainly happen due to the
following reasons:
 Incomplete requirement list
 No proper involvement of stakeholders
 Insufficient resources (Sarrab, Elbasir & Alnaeli, 2016)
 Improper PM skills

Consequences of Poor Project
Management Practices
Some of the most possible consequences that could
be faced due to poor implementation of project
management practices are:
 Poor adoption by users
 Late running of projects (Golini, Kalchschmidt &
Landoni, 2015)
 Overspent budgets

Consequences of Poor Project
Management Practices
The other possible consequences that could be faced
due to poor implementation of project management
practices are:
 Unrealized benefits
 Lower customer satisfaction rates
 Damage to organization reputation (Fishbein et al.,
2017)

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