BMI 7360 Advanced Project Management

3 semester credit hours
Lecture contact hours: 2; Lab contact hours: 3
Web-based instruction
Prerequisite:DHI Student or BMI 5328 or Consent of instructor
Required for DHI students
Lab Fee: $30

Required for doctoral students. Enrollment only open to DHI students.

This course is an advanced project management for doctoral students. The student will develop a management plan for a health care information technology project identifying a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal, to deliver on-time, on-budget, evaluating performance and project integration supporting the strategic goals of the organizations. Moreover, the student will learn to apply evidence-based practice and project management methods and core activities of a project manager that incorporate the five project management processes as well as the tools and techniques essential to the ten project management knowledge areas as defined by the Project Management Institute, Inc.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will:

• Create a comprehensive project management plan applying project management tools and techniques incorporating the principles of system analysis and design.
• Prepare an effective work breakdown structure.
• Analyze and estimate a return on investment
• Analyze and create a stakeholder analysis.
• Prepare students to take the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification.