Instructions

This week, you focused on scope, stakeholders, and project management knowledge areas.  Your assignments concentrated on activities required to initiate and plan a project.  Scope constraints have a major impact on healthcare and project management. 

For this assignment, you will create project goals and scope, the first of the key components of a Project Management Plan, by identifying a problem in your community, an issue in a healthcare organization you currently work for or are affiliated with, or select a project topic from case studies from the Institute for Health Improvement.

Be sure to address the following:

1. Provide a brief background of the problem
2. Offer the rationale for choosing the topic or case study
3. Describe the need to apply a project management approach to solve the problem
4. Discuss the pros and cons of applying this project management approach to this problem, and
5. Describe the project goals and scope 

It is recommended that you use the project management plan template as a guide that is attached.  You will also use this template for your Week 2 and Week 8 assignments. 

Length: Include a minimum of 3 pages not including title page and reference page.

References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly articles. 

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic.  

Your response should reflect graduate-level writing and APA standards.