New Ce ntu ry Wellness Group offers a h o l istic approach to healthcare wi t h an emphasis o n p r e · vent i ve medicine as well as tr adit i ona l med i ca l care . In yo u r ro l e as an IT consu l tant, you will he l p New Century develop a new i n f ormation system. Ba c k gro und In the prev i ous chapter, you conducted a p r e l imina r y i nvestigation into New Centu r y's request for a bus i ness support system and a medical p r actice support system . In your presenta ti on to t he part · ne r s, you explained that a l though they will communicate and share da t a, the two systems should be treated as separate IT p r ojects . After disc u ssing your recommendations , Dr . J ones and the part · n e r s dec i ded to move forward wi t h the b u s i ness support sys t em p r oject and want you to desc ri be the next steps . P ro j ect Managemen t To ensure the quality, cost, and time l iness of the new sys t em, you suggested that New Century use a pro j ec t management approach . Dr . jones ag r ee d, and he wants you develop a brief presentat i on tha t will describe p r oject management concep t s and benef i ts . You rea li ze tha t most of the par t ners do not have project managemen t experience, and it i s impo rt ant t o deliver a clea r , info r mative presentation . You plan to include an ove r v i ew of p r oject management, a step - by - step desc r ip t ion of project planning, an d an explanation of key terms . You also need t o describe various types of task pat · terns , and s h ow examp l es of Gantt and PERT/CPM cha r ts . Tas ks 1. Crea t e a Microsof t Power Point presenta ti on t o exp l ain p r oject management concep t s and benefits . 2 . Crea t e a Microsof t Word handout with a l ist of all k ey p r oject management terms, includ i ng a defin it ion and an examp l e for each te r m . 3 . In your presentat i on, p r ovide an examp l e of an imag i nary pro j ect with at l eas t six tasks . As · sign task durations and dependencies that include all types of task pat t erns . C r eate a Gantt chart that d i splays t he pro j ec t. 4 . Use t he Task 3 example t o c r eate a PERT/CPM chart . .

1. New
Ce
ntu
ry Wellness Group offers a
h
o
l
istic
approach to healthcare wi
t
h an emphasis o
n
p
r
e
·
vent
i
ve medicine as well as
tr
adit
i
ona
l
med
i
ca
l
care
.
In yo
u
r ro
l
e

2. as an IT consu
l
tant,
you
will he
l
p
New Century
develop a new
i
n
f
ormation
system.
Ba
c
k
gro
und
In
the
prev
i
ous
chapter, you
conducted a
p
r
e
l
imina
r
y
i
nvestigation into
New Centu

3. r
y's request
for
a bus
i
ness support system and a medical
p
r
actice support system
.
In your presenta
ti
on to
t
he part
·
ne
r
s, you
explained
that a
l
though they will communicate and share da
t
a,
the two
systems should
be treated as separate IT
p
r
ojects
.
After
disc
u
ssing

4. your recommendations
,
Dr
.
J
ones and the
part
·
n
e
r
s dec
i
ded to
move forward wi
t
h the b
u
s
i
ness
support sys
t
em p
r
oject and want you to desc
ri
be
the next steps
.
P
ro
j
ect
Managemen
t

5. To
ensure
the quality,
cost,
and
time
l
iness
of the new sys
t
em,
you
suggested
that
New
Century use
a pro
j
ec
t
management approach
.
Dr
.
jones
ag
r
ee
d,
and he wants you develop a brief presentat
i
on
tha
t
will
describe p

6. r
oject management
concep
t
s and benef
i
ts
.
You rea
li
ze tha
t
most of the
par
t
ners
do not have project managemen
t
experience,
and
it i
s
impo
rt
ant
t
o
deliver
a clea
r
,
info
r
mative
presentation
.

7. You plan
to
include an ove
r
v
i
ew
of p
r
oject management, a step
-
by
-
step
desc
r
ip
t
ion
of project
planning, an
d
an
explanation
of key terms
.
You also need
t
o describe various types of task pat
·
terns
,
and s
h
ow
examp

8. l
es
of Gantt and PERT/CPM cha
r
ts
.
Tas
ks
1.
Crea
t
e a Microsof
t
Power Point presenta
ti
on
t
o
exp
l
ain
p
r
oject management
concep
t
s
and
benefits
.
2
.
Crea
t
e
a Microsof

9. t
Word handout with a
l
ist
of all
k
ey
p
r
oject management
terms,
includ
i
ng
a defin
it
ion and an
examp
l
e
for
each
te
r
m
.
3
.
In your presentat
i
on, p
r
ovide an
examp
l
e

10. of an
imag
i
nary pro
j
ect
with at
l
eas
t
six tasks
.
As
·
sign task durations and dependencies
that
include all
types
of task
pat
t
erns
.
C
r
eate
a Gantt
chart that d
i
splays
t
he pro
j
ec
t.

11. 4
.
Use
t
he Task 3 example
t
o c
r
eate
a PERT/CPM chart
.