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Strategic Planning

We offer strategic planning services for organizations that are evaluating EHR implementation projects. This initial phase of the project is critical as we define the criteria necessary for the most successful outcome. This lays the foundation for the remainder of the project. As Arthur Bloch stated, "If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important".

At Project Navigation, our strategic planning phase focuses on the development of project goals and guiding principles while identifying the expected return on investments. Vital to the success of the EHR project, we customize this phase to ensure alignment with organizational goals and principles.

As part of the strategic plan, services include executive strategy sessions, requests for proposal development, project metrics and vendor evaluations for organizations in the early stages of project definition.

For organizations with an identified EHR vendor, we offer technologically informative sessions in project strategy. We offer assistance during contract definition to provide guidance and assist with timeline and resource estimations. Time spent planning in the beginning of the project will minimize extensive changes and timeline variance throughout the project.
 
Benefits
  • Definitive goals and guiding principles: laying the foundation for successful project implementation
  • Documented return on investment: rendering project calculations for stakeholders
  • Project metrics establishment: ensuring assessment stability and retention throughout project phases
  • Contract and timeline validation: minimizing unnecessary change control requests and other impediments to contractual progression
  • Designation of resources requirements: providing a clear means of progression in attaining appropriate levels of allocation per project completion
 
 
Top Reasons for Poor Project Performance
  • 84% - When serving on a project team, employees aren't relieved of some of their routine responsibilities.
  • 80% - Employees don't receive training in project management methodology before serving on a project team.
  • 69% - Project teams aren't given enough resources to accomplish their goals.
  • 62% - Project teams throughout the organization fail to follow a standard methodology for defining, planning and implementing projects
  • 55% - The right people aren't selected to lead or serve on project teams
  • 46% - Project teams aren't given clear attainable goals
Source: Quality Progress magazine, Guttman Development Strategies and Kepner-Tregoe Inc.
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