Project Management in Health IT Flashcards
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Which Agile ceremony is MOST useful for a clinical informatics team to identify and remove impediments quickly?
Answer: Daily standup
The daily standup (daily scrum) is explicitly designed for team members to surface blockers and impediments so they can be resolved quickly.
When applying the PMBOK process group framework to a Health IT project, which process group includes activities like activating risk responses and managing stakeholder engagement?
Answer: Executing
The Executing process group is where project plans are carried out, including managing teams, engaging stakeholders, and implementing risk responses.
A hospital is implementing a CPOE system. Which type of testing ensures that prescriber workflows function correctly end-to-end across integrated systems?
Answer: User acceptance testing
User acceptance testing (UAT) validates that end-to-end clinical workflows function correctly from the prescriber's perspective before go-live.
A project manager notices the CPI for an EHR project is 1.15. What does this mean?
Answer: The project is getting $1.15 of value for every $1 spent
A CPI greater than 1.0 means the project is cost-efficient, delivering more value per dollar spent than planned.
Which technique helps a Health IT project team identify the root cause of recurring system defects during implementation?
Answer: Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram
A fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram is a cause-and-effect tool that helps teams systematically identify the root causes of quality problems.
A Health IT project sponsor is requesting weekly status reports. Which key element is MOST important to include?
Answer: Schedule variance, cost variance, and RAG status of key milestones
Executive status reports should highlight schedule and cost variances and use RAG (Red/Amber/Green) status to give sponsors a quick health view of key milestones.
Which organizational structure gives the Health IT project manager the HIGHEST degree of authority over project resources?
Answer: Projectized organization
In a projectized organization, team members report directly to the project manager, giving the PM the highest authority over resources.