Project Management Plan Case Study for Nursing Course Development

This case study presents a detailed project management plan for the development of an online simulation game tailored for nursing courses. The project aims to create a technology for online learning, focusing on a simulation game to enhance clinical and decision-making skills. The document outlines the scope, milestones, and a comprehensive management plan, including communication strategies, cost baselines, and procurement plans. It also explores various estimation techniques, planned scheduling procedures, and a risk management plan. Additionally, the case study provides a change management plan, work breakdown structure, Gantt chart, and network diagram to illustrate project execution. The study emphasizes the importance of project management in achieving objectives, with recommendations for successful implementation. The project involves the development of a technology for online learning and the creation of an online simulation game associated with the nursing course. The plan covers scope, milestones, management, communication, cost, estimation, scheduling, risk, and change management aspects.

AM804001: Project Management
Assessment 2: Case Study – Project
Management Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Scope of the study.......................................................................................................................1
Milestones...................................................................................................................................1
Management plan........................................................................................................................2
Communication management plan..............................................................................................4
Cost baseline and procurement plan...........................................................................................5
Estimation techniques.................................................................................................................5
Planned and scheduling procedures............................................................................................6
Risk management plan................................................................................................................8
Change management plan...........................................................................................................9
Work breakdown structure........................................................................................................11
Gantt Chart................................................................................................................................12
Network diagram.......................................................................................................................13
Conclusion and recommendations.................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Research Background
Project management is considered to be as the application of the process, skills, methods,
experience and knowledge which is considered to be highly significant in the attainment of the
common goals and objectives of the specific project. The technology for online learning also
referred to as the e- learning technology where the one can easily get access to the educational
curriculum which is outside of the traditional classroom. It is useful in imparting of the
knowledge with the help of the internet. Simulation game within the nursing are considered to be
as specifically based upon clinical education and is considered to be as one of the significant
pedagogical approach which is prominent for the nursing students with key relevant opportunity
to practice the clinical as well as the decision making skills on a real life situational experience.
However, this study will mainly focus on significantly developing a technology for the online
learning and develop an online stimulation game associated with the nursing course
MAIN BODY
Scope of the study
The scope of the study is considered to be very high where the key courses within the nursing
mainly includes administering medications, recording and observing the condition of the patient.
Managing of the intravenous lines, caring for the patients, communicating with the doctors,
giving emotional support to the patients and also giving advice to the patient upon the physical
therapy and self-administer medication (Turner, 2016). This nursing course also tends to mainly
focus on educating the patient and focus on the management of the disease. This project has the
wider concept which is significant for the future prospect because it tends to have high degree of
growth in the mere future.
Milestones
PARTICULARS DUE DATE JUSTIFICATION
Aim and objectives of the
project
31/7/2020 This will help the project
manager identify the key aims
and objectives associated with
the project.
Risk management plan 04/09/2020 This will helps the project
manager in critically examine
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the key risks associated with
the project and take significant
level of action to carry out the
project in a systematic and
reliable manner.
Cost baseline 20/11/2020 This is the most important part
of the project to effectively
develop a proper budget plan.
This helps in evaluating if the
project is going within the
specific guideline or it is
useful in completing the
project within the stipulated
budget plan.
Management plan
It is referred to as the formal set of document which is useful in defining how the project
has been carried out specifically (Kerzner, 2017). It is significant in clearly specifying the
intended goals and objectives associated with the project.
Aim: “To effectively develop a technology for the online learning and develop an online
stimulation game associated with the nursing course.”
Research Objectives
 To understand the key relevant importance of the technology development associated
with the online learning.
 To critically investigate on development of the online simulation game for the nursing
course.
 To develop risk assessment plan and project management plan associated with the
project.
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The key human resource who will be required to complete the project and attain aims and
objectives of the study in turn mainly includes:
Project manager: The key role of the project manager is to understand the key aims and
objectives associated with the project. The key roles and responsibilities associated with the
project manager is to plan, execute, control, monitor, control and close the project. They are
considered to be highly accountable for the entire project. The project manager takes into
consideration the accountability for the success and failure of the project. The project manager in
turn is highly responsible for the completion of the project.
Research and development team: The research and development team mainly focuses on
performing high degree of research associated with the online learning technology development
(Fleming, and Koppelman, 2016, December). The research and development team mainly
focuses on carrying out activities which helps in undertaking innovation and introduction of new
range of products and services which are beneficial for the project. The research and
development team mainly focuses on examining how the product will work for the sustainable
growth in the future.
Information technology team: The information technology department mainly focuses on
overseeing the maintenance and installation of the technology in computer network system for
developing online simulation game for the nursing course. This team mainly focuses on ensuring
that the network runs smoothly and was also focus on installing and evaluating the proper
hardware and software in order to keep the network function properly. It is also useful in
updating the system of hardware and software and supporting for system errors. It also assist in
supporting data security and database and optimisation.
Legal manager: The key significant responsibility of the legal manager is to gain legal set of
advice associated with the legal rights and obligations. The legal manager mainly focuses on
researching about the legislative issues and also review the regulatory document. It helps in
complying with all the legal laws and policies which helps in completing the project in a
legalized manner.
Operational manager: The key role of the operation manager is to identify if the works are
carried out with utmost degree of accuracy and relevance. It also helps in ensuring setting
standards to complete the project. The operational manager is also useful in improving the
organisational process and also improve the efficiency quality and productivity.
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Financial manager: The key role of the financial manager is to manage all the finances
associated with the project. It must focus on developing financial reports and management
reports for examining the key income and expenses associated with the project (Walker, 2015).
The financial manager is useful in making various set of financial decisions and it helps in
ensuring that the funds are used effectively. This in turn results in avoiding of situation like over
budget and under budget for carrying out the specific project.
Communication management plan
This is one of the key significant measure as it is useful in defining how the message will
be transmitted in order to effectively attain higher operational growth and sustainability. It helps
in determining nay constraints associated with the internal and external tends to widely influence
the communication process associated with the project. The key stakeholders associated with the
project are project manager, government, local communities, nursing organization, professors,
etc. It is very important to communicate the key relevant information with the stakeholders in
order to take necessary decision on a timely and reliable manner. This way it will be significant
in increasing the visibility of the stakeholder within the project. This way it is significant in
detecting issues and increasing the productivity.
Face to face meeting: Face-to-face meeting communication helps in clearly communicating the
key relevant information to the stakeholders (Meredith, Shafer, and Mantel Jr, 2017). It helps one
and reading the facial expressions and body language and direct communication also helps in
building strong relationship related with the project.
Video conferencing: A video conferencing is considered to be as a visual connection between
two or more individuals who recite in separate locations and helps in transmission of text, static
images on a real-time basis.
Collaboration apps: There are various range of collaboration apps which are significant in
communicating with large number of people over the internet using specific application. This is
considered to be one of the easy way to communicate with team members associated with the
project in order to make necessary decisions without any delay.
Phone calls: This is considered to be one of the best way to communicate which helps in
transferring information from one person to another by speaking on the phone.
Messaging: Messaging is also considered to be as one of the most effective method of
communication because it helps in transmitting the relevant information in writing to a person.
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Formal presentation: Giving formal presentation to the last number of team members
associated with the project helps in communicating the message using graphs bar graphs, charts,
statistics, data and graphical representation in order to make others easily understand the key
relevant set of information related with the project.
Email: Email is considered to be one of the most formal way of communicating with the
individual which helps in exchanging short information between people. It mainly comprises of
documents, images and text attachments associated with the project (Kang, Ma & Hu, S, 2020)
Cost baseline and procurement plan
Cost baseline and procurement plan is widely essential for developing strong developed
synergy of effective planned procedure for improving investment plans of various new
productive plans by analysing various new plans through which strong formulation for long
term is propagated. Developing online stimulation game for Nursing course shall bring on
various new factors of investment plans among various standards, software and v train
employees further for technically improving various strands through which developed
efficiency shall be inbuilt. Procurement plan is highly important for beginning various metrics
which shall focus onto building new plans and rational goals for improving various
determinants through which quest of innovation is also inbuilt. Medical and nursing teaching
has been developing onto various new levels and focus among wide parameters which
enhances the various practical learning efficiency standards for further working scenario. This
will also make sure that resources which will be used within project management are effectively
used among various parameters, with focus onto best use of cost effective technology
parameters.
Estimation techniques
Project estimation is highly important for precisely knowing time factor of how much
new project will take to finish successfully, resource which will ensure best functional
standards, leverage wide focus onto future functional parameters and deadline paradigms
through which there is no chance of failure and loss of any resources. For producing online
training program for various nursing fundamentals there should be use of innovative project
estimation techniques which shall not only utilise new rational creativity among procedures, but
also imply long term strong viable metrics (Rowe, 2020).
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 Expert judgment: This is one of the most common and easy cost effective project
estimation technique where best hand on experience and wider innovative understanding
of various parameters of projects requirements which shall focus onto gaining analysis
onto new goals. By having analysis and discussion of how effective online training of
latest nursing courses shall be governed within projects shall be able to be formulated
with various experts already within this field shall be able to develop stronger synergy of
quest and to factor growth among various levels.
 Analogous estimation: This project estimation technique focuses onto taking data from
previous works, projects and developing plans onto new plans for estimating stronger
plans through which efficiency shall be governed effectively onto new goals. This shall
focus onto developing new metrics and focusing strong synergy of operational
efficiency, capital investment plans which shall build on best platforms for online
training of nursing courses which are functionally planned onto latest paradigms.
Estimating growth paradigms, goals and funds which will be undertaken will
productively enable to prioritise how much integration of fundamental goals shall be in
built with high efficiency for longer time factor.
 Parametric model estimating: It can be understood as an innovative scientific method
focusing onto analysis for estimating various data from previous projects and activities
which is quick method but focuses onto robust data to technically feed all new data
metrics (Pinto, Araújo & Machado, 2020). The online training of nursing education shall
be focused onto various courses for observing and recording patients healthcare parameters
and to build on disease management plans, nutritional plans for effectively developing
strong innovative plans.
Planned and scheduling procedures
The various steps which will undergo for planned and scheduling various metrics of how
project management shall be working within developing online platform for nursing training are
as follows:
STEP 1: Defining the schedule activities
At this phase it is widely important for analysing how the development of technology for
online training and learning of nursing course shall be inbuilt in operation with stimulation
game onto wide paradigms for higher efficiency levels through which people are able to gain
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best benefits. This will enable to define and variably analyse goals with strong understanding
factors of growth which further bring on productive goals, potentially also make sure that all
resources will be used cost effectively.
STEP 2 Sequencing the schedule activities
At this phase sequencing and alignment of activities for bringing on effective and
interesting online game for stimulating nursing courses shall be built on with cooperation factor
and functionally enhancing wider productive development onto new paradigms. Sequencing will
also make sure that innovation has been inbuilt, keen focus has been given for technical
advancement for factoring growth within online application formulation of nursing study.
STEP 3 Estimating the resources
At this phase project top managers will analyse how much investment within capital
sources shall be inbuilt among all activities for development of online application for study and
training of nursing. The resources which will be utilised for training all employees and
fundamental operations where focus shall be governed onto new rational goals is highly
important and strong synergy and technical growth will be measured (Kim, Chang & Castro-
Lacouture, 2020)
STEP 4 Estimating the time duration for various plans
At this phase estimation of time factor which will be underlined among various
levels of procedures shall be analysed for technical growth with strong synergy of operational
efficiency, where research will be analysed onto how much time shall be used within project
development. Estimation of time factor will make sure that there is not wastage within resources
utilisation, keenly focus onto how much innovation can be inbuilt within stipulated time factor
of project management.
STEP 5 Schedule development
At this phase schedule development will be undertaken by top management to make
sure that there is no chaos of roles factors and how much growth along with innovation has been
inbuilt among all paradigms. Schedule development shall also focus onto how much goals and
innovation is strongly and relatively determined onto new levels within formulation of various
objectives. It will also make sure that online training platforms for nursing courses is governed
among project steps and utilisation of plans steps are functionally inbuilt among operative
functions.
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STEP 6 Monitoring and controlling
At this step of project development which is highly important and functionally is last
step within whole procedure and also holds wide focus onto higher synergy among cooperative
structure which has been taken within building of online training platform of nursing education.
Monitoring and controlling of all steps will be analysed that online stimulation game for
training of nursing shall focus onto developing best synergy of medical advancement for
serving medical care to patients and their families (Larsson & Larsson , 2020).
Risk management plan
Risk management plan can be understood as one of the foremost important working
document which enables to estimate impacts, analyse various risks which may come within
company functional efficiency and various responses which company may take for improving
its operations. It is an uncertain risk which may impact company objectives if stringent focus
not built among levels and departments of functional abilities within the time period.
 Identify: For developing an effective online nursing app it is essential to identify
essential risks which may impact company competitively onto various parameters for
gaining strong functional efficiency and to bring bet knowledge related to medical,
patients serving factors which will improvise it further. The online teaching app must
observe varied financial investments which will undergo among development of project,
integrating essential knowledge onto how disease management and medication factors
can be effectively learned.
 Analyze: At this phase all potential risks may be analyzed further for developing
strategies and new functional development which will improve stronger synergy of
operational efficiency for wider technical advancement. Analyzing various parameters
will enable to develop wider functional strength, factorise growth paradigms and also to
eliminate various hindrances within bringing on new changes in project management for
online course teaching of nursing (Metzger, Dowling & Wilson, 2020).
 Prioritize: At this phase the top management shall aim to prioritize various new
paradigms which needs to be given wide importance for analyzing new strategies, plans
which may harness long term efficiency among teaching app for nursing course and
medical development. Prioritizing will essentially enable to yield onto innovative
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functional strength with high clarity, composed technical applications and how to invest
with best planning procedures among company standards
 Ownership: At this phase of risk management plan ownership of new changes which
needs to be planned for bringing on new changes effectively for minimising risks shall be
developed. Proper high innovative talented people and employees shall be governed
ownership for bringing on best online nursing teaching app, which will eliminate risk
factors. Respond: At this respond to new changes shall be done by company management plans
for integrating new fundamental steps which will enable to yield onto wide changes
effectively and responding quickly will potentially enhance new structural formation
among keen synergy levels.
 Monitor: Last phase of risk assessment plan will make sure that monitoring and
evaluation of all new steps, strategies and changes done shall be keenly focused among
cooperate levels effectively among steps for integrating longevity (Safapour,
EKermanshachi & Jafari, 2020).
Change management plan
This is considered to be one of the key significant process which helps in scheduling the
key relevant activities associated with the project. It is also useful in ensuring that it is significant
in minimizing the impact of change and effectively attain the key goals and objectives of the
project. There are two steps within change management plan which are change management
model, procedures which further develop strong succession plan for stable changes within new
project structure.
Kurt Lewin Change management model: Unfreezing: At this phase old techniques and various grounds of inefficiency within
structure shall be analysed further for improving cost effective technical functional
standards among online teaching app. It is essential for analysing various new changes,
how much training and communication parameters shall be inbuilt among development
with efficiency for stronger synergy of operational efforts.
 Freezing: At this phase freezing of all new techniques, strategies of further investment
which has been planned to be undertaken shall be developed further , communication of
new vision among various grounds shall be elaborated within all paradigms for working
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onto new levels of efficiency. Freezing will also imply the fact that strong synergy of
innovation shall be sanctioned for long term among online study application,
productively regaining strength onto new objectives (Liu, Meng & Sun,2020).
 Refreezing: At this last phase monitoring and evaluation of various new plans which
have been undertaken among functional horizons shall be checked for technical
efficiency, higher profitability goals and cost effective utilisation factors through which
there are no loss factors emerged among productive goals. Refreezing will make sure all
change model procedure are worked onto levels within goals among building online
application management where analysis will make sure for longer time advancement
among goals.
Change management processes
 Request for change: This will imply developing and promoting varied new changes
which will further improve wider innovation in building online study application for
nursing study, by making productive focus onto new factors which will make sure new
changes are made effectively.
 Impact analysis: This will analyse various impacts which will be inbuilt among structure
within functional structure in developing change and promoting goals through which
innovation shall be effectively inbuilt for longer term.
 Approve/deny: This focuses to gain approve from management levels for wider new
changes through which wider profitability, stronger creative synergy shall be inbuilt.
 Implement change: The new changes implemented will be regenerated from deep
analysis and productively focusing onto utilizing various new efficiency plans.
 Reporting: Reporting of various new changes among working structure will enable top
management to propagate analysis onto new determinants, keenly focusing onto how
much growth has been progressively inbuilt onto new grounds (Kurniawan, Budiastuti, &
Kosasih,2020).
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Work breakdown structure
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Gantt Chart
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Network diagram
Conclusion and recommendations
The report can be concluded with wide parameters of how functional efficiency can be
inbuilt among various paradigms for project management, where development of technology for
online learning and stimulation game for nursing course. Report concludes how many resources
of project management technology shall be used among various paradigms for improving
planning goals, scheduling operations to minimise costs and risks which may come. Report also
further concludes graphical view of various findings for efficiency goals and stronger synergy of
operational efficiency within best synergy of innovation along analysis of cost factors which will
be inbuilt. Recommendations for project development of strong operational efficiency for
stimulating game for nursing courses can be analysed from the fact that there is high focus to
bring on latest paradigms where patients aim for having best services and medical development
has been competitively growing among global levels. The plans shall be best with latest
standards of efficiency and stronger yield onto how cost effective use of resources shall be
factored among growth levels for better applications.
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