Project Planning
Planning is often the most difficult and unappreciated process in project management. Because planning is not always used to facilitate action, many people view planning negatively. The main purpose of project plans, however, is to guide project execution. To guide execution, plans must be realistic and useful, so a fair amount of time and effort must go into the planning process; people who are knowledgeable with the work need to plan the work.
EHR is relatively small, hence the most important planning documents to focus on are :
1. A team contract
2. A project scope statement
3. A work breakdown structure (WBS)
4. A project schedule
Soon after the project team signed the project charter, Project manager (PM) organized a team-building meeting for the project management EHR project. Inputs were collected from the team which is enough to develop the first draft of the scope statement. Another meeting is needed to further develop the scope statement and to start creating the WBS for the project.