Executive summary

Through this assignment, the student will address the following course learning outcomes:

• CO 1: Apply leadership skills concepts of project management as an informatics nurse specialist in an organizational setting to implement successful project plans. (PO 4, 5)

Weekly Objectives:

• Measure your project’s performance against the triple constraint.
• Write an actionable executive summary based on your project data analysis.
• CO 2: Using current knowledge, standards of practice, and research from evidence-based literature, synthesize a foundation for the informatics nurse specialist role while leading the implementation of a scholarly project. (PO 3, 4)

Weekly Objectives:

• Identify stakeholders who should receive evaluation data and conclusions.
• Name one actionable recommendation based on your data analysis for change.

Assignment Overview

The executive summary is designed to provide a quick concise overview of your project as you approach the end of the implementation phase. The executive summary should provide a status update on the project and serve as an easy reference for executive questions. Below are the key items that you will include in the Executive summary provided.

• Complete the Executive Summary using the template provided.
• Content should be addressed to speak to Senior Leadership. Some examples include: CNO, CNIO, COO, Vice President, Senior Director.
• Follow the assignment instructions and rubric expectations described below to present each of the following:
• Statement of Project Status
• Summary of Analytics
• Recommendations
• Conclusion

Provide a project status update as you are nearing the end of implementation. Include a summary of the analytics for data collected within your project; address project objectives within your analysis. Provide recommendations for the project based upon the data analysis. Remember to keep your recommendations focused, bulleted on key next steps or requests from the executive leader. Provide a conclusion; the conclusion typically addresses the importance of the work. Remember that for a project to be successful, it needs to address the triple constraints of time, costs, and scope. Addressing these in the summary (or showing progress towards their attainment) is very important. An executive summary for a project summarizes the most important parts of your project phase.

Assignment Instructions

1. Create the assignment using the template provided.
2. Sources utilized with this assignment must meet the criteria for scholarly work current within five years.
3. Sources older than five years may not be used without the permission of the class professor.
4. Title page, pagination, citation of sources, reference page, and appendices must follow APA (American Psychological Association) guidelines as found in the current edition of the manual.
5. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, punctuation, sentence, and paragraph structure are followed and consistent with formal, scholarly writing as noted in the APA Manual (current edition).
6. No more than one short direct quote (15 words or less) may be used in this assignment.
7. First-person should not be used within this assignment.