NURS 651 - Strategic Project Management

(3 S.H.)

This course is designed to guide learners in project management concepts and leadership skills that are needed to successfully plan and lead projects, including communication with stakeholders, strategies to influence without authority, and the use of industry best practices before, during, and after the project. Learners will explore the essential tools of project management with a hands-on, practical approach through class exercises, case studies, and the development of a hypothetical project. Special attention is given to analyzing each step of the project life cycle. Learners will review causes of project failure and in mitigating risks, scope creep, and overcoming resistance to change. This course will also examine tools for rapid-change quality improvement/lean projects. Prerequisites: NURS 606 - Nursing Information Management & Decision Making and NURS 608 - Organizational and Systems Leadership; or admission to graduate study and instructor permission. Grade only. Offered annually (usually spring semester).

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