Developing an environmental assessment of your change project area and its readiness for the specific change project you are going to implement

Develop a proposed evidence-based change-project plan specific to the environment you are using to implement your change project. Your environmental assessment will include a work breakdown structure, a budget plan, and a measurement tool.

This week, you will design a plan that is at least four pages in length and includes all the information listed in the instructions below to discuss the elements of your proposed plan.

• Develop an environmental assessment of your change project area and its readiness for the specific change project you are going to implement.
  • Include a work breakdown structure. For example, you could create a (timeline/task list/Gantt chart)—a hierarchical definition of the planned tasks and activities of a project that normally begins with the highest-level activities and works downward into the individual tasks.
  • Include a proposed project budget (table or spreadsheet) for the project that addresses the needed personnel, equipment, and supplies that may have associated costs. Click this link for a sample budget template .
  • Include your measurable evaluation methods (indicators/metrics). Include the actual measurement tool you will use and describe any of the following that are applicable to your project: cost savings, improved efficiencies, access to care (visits/procedures/admissions), patient/family satisfaction, associate satisfaction, associate engagement, retention, clinical outcomes, injury prevention, and risk reduction.

Budget Template (incorporated into the Evidence-Based Change Project Plan)

This is one sample template that you can use for your budget plan. You are not required to use this specific template. If you find another one on your own that you prefer, you may use it or create one yourself.

Make sure your budget plan includes the full budget needed for your project. Consider the following elements:

· What are the areas in which there will be expenses?

· What personnel, equipment, and supplies are needed that may have associated costs?

· All expenditures need to be reported on the budget sheet.

Sample CATEGORY	BUDGET AMOUNT	ACTUAL AMOUNT	DIFFERENCE
EXPENSES:
PERSONNEL:
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS:
UTILITIES:
Electricity
Telephone (Land Line, Cell)
MEETING EXPENSES:
AUDIO VISUAL AIDS:
Cable TV/Videos/Movies
Computer Expense
MISCELLANEOUS:
Total Investments and Expenses
Surplus/Shortage (Spendable income minus expenses & investments)