MGT4104 Project Management Fundamentals

Lesson 7- Resource Planning Exercise Week 09

Resource Planning Exercise

Resource Planning

Objective:

The objective of this exercise is to provide students with practice in identifying ideal candidates to acquire for a project team, based on a match between role and responsibilities, and skills and motivation.

Project Description:

Quagmire District Hospital is a fictitious, fully accredited health care facility that serves a catchment area of approximately 25,000 residents. Quagmire District Hospital's mission is to provide quality care for acute and chronic in-patients, as well as emergency and ambulatory care.

Quagmire District Hospital has initiated a project to move from paper patient records to an automated patient record system. You have just been hired as the project manager to deliver this project.

Instructions:

1. Review the requirements in the following Resource Management Plan.
2. Review the profiles of the employees who have been identified as available to be assigned to this project.
3. Select the resources that you would prefer to have assigned to your team.
4. Explain why you selected the resources and what criteria you used.

Resource Management Plan:

As part of the Resource Management Plan, you have identified the need for the following resources. (Note that this is merely a subset of the information that you would include in your Resource Management Plan):

Role	Responsibilities	Resources Required
Business Analyst	Assesses and documents current state and target state of the records capture and management processes Collaborates with Subject Matter Experts (SME) to elicit and document business requirements Reports status to the project manager Identifies and reports risks and issues to project manager	1 (Full-time)
Subject Matter Expert	Collaborates with the Business Analyst to provide information to support the definition of business processes (both as-is and to-be) Acts as a lead during the implementation of the automated patient record system to motivate other hospital staff to adopt the new system Supports the hospital administrators in the development of new policies to support the new automated patient record system	1 Doctor (Part-time) 2 Nurses (Part-time)

Resource Profiles

Business Analysts:
	Name	Abayomi Jakande
Employment Experience	2000-2010 Marketing Representative, Nike 2010-2015 Business Analyst, IBM 2015-Present Business Analyst, Quagmire District Hospital
Education	Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)
Notes from Past Performance Evaluations	Great team player Exceptional communication skills Strong work ethic Loves to socialize while at work Tends to be absent frequently Has good relationships with the employees of the hospital Quick learner Eventually sees himself as a Marketing Director and frequently searches for another job
	Name	Alice Beckwith
Employment Experience	1987-2005 Nurse, Kingston General Hospital 2005-Present Business Analyst, Quagmire District Hospital
Education	Bachelor of Science in Nursing Bachelor of Business Administration
Notes from Past Performance Evaluations	Deep knowledge of healthcare practices and processes Writing skills are below average Has had some conflicts with hospital personnel Content to remain as a Business Analyst at Quagmire District Hospital until her retirement

Doctors:
	Name	Garth Caldwell
Employment Experience	2000-2005 Doctor, The Ottawa Hospital 2005-2015 Travelling, Miscellaneous jobs 2015-Present Doctor, Quagmire District Hospital
Education	PhD in Medicine
Notes from Past Performance Evaluations	Limited knowledge of Quagmire District Hospital's processes and policies Very good communication skills Works well with others When he is not working, he enjoys travelling Interested in participating in this project (as long as he can still take his scheduled vacation)
	Name	Tara Barker
Employment Experience	2000-Present Doctor, Quagmire District Hospital
Education	PhD in Medicine
Notes from Past Performance Evaluations	Profound knowledge of the Quagmire District Hospital's processes and policies Key member of the hospital staff Exceptional communication skills Consummate professional Extremely busy and reluctant to take on any further assignments; she would prefer to focus her energy on patient care

Nurses:
(Admin, 2016)	Name	Tim Tran
Employment Experience	2010-Present Nurse, Quagmire District Hospital
Education	Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Notes from Past Performance Evaluations	Consistently exceeds expectations of patient care Considerate nurse and team member Consistently follows the hospital policies and procedures Excellent communication skills Strong leadership skills Not interested in participating in this project
	Name	Heather Cameron
Employment Experience	2012-2015 Receptionist, Amica Seniors Residence 2015-Present Nurse, Quagmire District Hospital
Education	Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Notes from Past Performance Evaluations	Excellent communication skills Provides exceptional patient care Quick learner Excellent team player Limited knowledge of hospital processes and policy Extremely eager to participate in this project
	Name	Tanya Petrov
Employment Experience	2017-Present Nurse, Quagmire District Hospital
Education	Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Notes from Past Performance Evaluations	Recently graduated from nursing (graduated in the top 5% of her class) Positive attitude Collaborates well with peers Extremely limited knowledge of hospital processes and policy Extremely eager to participate in this project
	Name	Judy MacFarlane
Employment Experience	1985-2005 Nurse, The Ottawa Hospital 2005-Present Nurse, Quagmire District Hospital
Education	Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Notes from Past Performance Evaluations	Extensive knowledge on hospital processes and policy Participated as the lead subject matter expert in a previous project to implement a new automated patient record system at The Ottawa Hospital Provides exceptional patient care Excellent communication skills Strong leadership skills Motivation has decreased as retirement is imminent Has expressed disinterest in being involved in this project

References

Admin. (2016, May 6). When Will Male Nurses Just Be Called Nurses? Retrieved from #NursesAreCool: http://nursesarecool.com/when-will-male-nurses-just-be-called-nurses