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Project Management
The Importance of the Initiation Phase in Project Management
For a project to be classified as successful it should be delivered on time, in budget, and to the correct specifications (Schwalbe, 2010). All stages of project management are important, but in a recent article published in the International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics LeRouge, Tulu, & Wood (2014) argue that the initiation stage of the project is the most important state. In their article titled "Project Initiation for Telemedicine Services," the authors study the initiation of telemedicine services, looking not only at the general important, arguing that a collaborative process is important during the initiation stage for telemedicine.
The article notes that the introduction of telemedicine technology into an organization may be challenging. A literature review is presented that supports the argument the initiation process is the most important stage to the successful implementation of a project that will provide long-term, sustainable benefits. During the project initiation phase there will be the development of a clear project definition. Information within the literature review,...
The definition phase is also noted as being important as it is also the Stage which the vision to the project is set (LeRouge et al., 2014). The need for the strategic vision and preparation for an IT project is as important as any other type of project, and the authors look telemarketing, as this is an area that appears to have been underrepresented in the research. The research has presented uses multiple case study approach to assess the way in which the initiation phase takes place.
The primary research was undertaken using multiple case studies in order to gain an in-depth insight into the way that telemedicine projects were implemented, and identify best practice (LeRouge et al., 2014). As there are many varieties of telemedicine, the research was undertaken using only a single type of project in order to create direct comparability between the different projects, using telestroke projects. The research findings supported the expected outcome indicated in…
References
Fleurant, Marshall; Kell, Rachel; Love, Jennifer; Jenter, Chelsea; Volk, Lynn A.; Zhang, Fang Bates, David W; Simon, Steven R, (2011), Massachusetts E-Health Project Increased Physicians' Ability To Use Registries, And Signals Progress Toward Better Care, Health Affairs, 30(7), 1256-1264
LeRouge, Cynthia M; Tulu, Bengisu; Wood, Suzanne (2014), Project Initiation for Telemedicine Services, International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 9(2), 64-85
Schwalbe, K, (2010), Information Technology Project Management, CENGAGE
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