As an HIS project manager, you have just received the following email from the CIO: “Review the example I sent you about the
Implementation process. I attached a list of questions for you to answer about how the implementation process works and why IT
projects sometimes fail. I’m most interested in your analysis of how organizations like ours can choose an information system and
minimize the occurrences and effects of IT failures.*
Completing this task for the CIO allows you the opportunity to analyze the selection, implementation, and evaluation of
Information systems in a health care organization and showcase yourself as a detail-orientated analyst.
Preparation
Read Case Study. Memorial Health System CPOE Imolementation Failure as you prepare your report on your findings.
Read Çase Study, Memorial Health System CPOE Imolementation Failure as you prepare your report on your findings
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Because you have been tasked with creating a report, consider using headings to organize and present your content.
Assessment Deliverable
Write a 700- to 1,050-word report in which you answer the following questions:
• Selection:
• What is the justification for selecting an information system? Describe it.
• How do the organization’s goals drive the selection of an information system?
• What role does each of the organization’s stakeholders play in the selection and acquisition process? Describe
them.
• Implementation:
• What is the typical IT implementation process? What are the roles and responsibilities involved in system
implementation?
• How did the process described in the case study fail to include the fundamental activities of a typical IT
implementation process?
• Evaluation:
• What are at least 5 indicators of project failure that manifest themselves in the case study?
• How and when would you evaluate the effect of each indicator you described?
Cite at least 2 scholarty, peer-reviewed sources to support your report, format according to APA guidelines.