Answer To: Project Plan Assignment In this assignment you will create a project plan for a fictional project...
Mehak answered on Jul 21 2022
Project plan template
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Baars, W., Harmsen, H., Kramer, R., Sesink, L. and van Zundert, J., 2006. Project management handbook. The Hague: DANS–Data Archiving and Networked Services.
Cancerous Tumor Tracking System
Project name: Cancer Tumor Tracking System
Date: 21st July 2022
Project leader: Cancer Research Institute
Phase: 4
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Introduction:
A cancer research team studies different types of cancerous tumors and all relevant information
that is known about the tumor. Currently they have been doing this with a simple shared drive
on the network. Now, they would like to build a software system that will track all the
information and provide search capabilities. The system needs to track the many different types
of tumors. Each tumor has a medical name, like Pleomorphic Adenoma. There is various
information stored about each tumor as in type (cancerous or non-cancerous), typical location of
the tumor, photos, etc. Once this data is entered it probably won’t change much unless there is a new type of tumor. Then researchers can find and enter research about the tumor. This could be documents like PDFs or links to websites. Finally, we would like a website for the public to use to search through the database. Public users can read the data, but not enter, update, or delete anything.
General information about the project
1. Situation sketch and problem definition of the project
Cancer Research has benefitted from substantial expenditures by federal and nonprofit organizations. The resulting success in patient care has been uneven. Two lessons from the 20th century history of science suggest infrastructural changes that can boost success. We need to better organize big science, explicitly aiming for expedient clinical translation. In parallel, resource allocation should enable investigator-initiated exploration based on productivity per research dollars spent. First, the balance between center-based, systematic, large-scale investigation and individual, investigator-driven projects has been vital for progress. For best results against cancer, the past century of research practice seems to suggest that we need to better organize large science with the explicit goal of rapid clinical translation.
2. Provide a brief description of the organization in which the project will take place.
The project will be taking place in a Cancer Research Institute, which is a non-profit
organization funding research in cancer. The organization provides immunological based-
treatment of cancer. Besides Cancer Research Institute funds other cancer research
organizations, which are working with it collaboratively to eradicated implications of disease
worldwide. The organization is a pioneer of cancer immunotherapy and focuses primarily on
the immunological treatment of cancer instead of just using traditional methods of cancer
treatment. Besides, the organization provide grant to student and researchers.
3. Provide a brief description of the department(s) in which the project will take place.
Cancerous Tumor Tracking System project will be taking place in an oncology department.
Medical Oncology department is organized in several units that include Day hospital service,
medical oncology ward, and ambulatory service for outpatients. The department is structured in two pain management unit and day hospital. The day hospital has chemotherapy armchairs and beds. It has a few oncologists and several staff nurses. Pain management section has palliative care specialists, psycho-oncology room, and psychologist.
4. Provide a brief description of any relationships between this project and any others.
Prima facie, the need for coordination, collaboration, and large-scale science to aid patient care appears to have been addressed with the establishment of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers (51 Comprehensive Cancer Centers, 14 Cancer Centers, 7 Basic Laboratory Cancer Centers, all supported by NCI core grants) and the CTSA program (Clinical and Translational Science Awards, currently supporting over 50 medical research institutions).
5. Provide a brief description of the history of this project.
The idea of a Cancerous Tumor Tracking System project came up after contemplating on
which device will be necessary for cancer tumor treatment. Cancerous Tumor Tracking
System will be designed to offer the organization with treating ability of malignant tumor.
The device known as Tumor Tracing device will revolutionize the department of oncology in
the organization due to its capability of imaging and treatment of cancerous cells
simultaneously. The device will also allow cancer treatment department to provide and have four sets of diagnostic X-ray television systems (two of which offer an unobstructed view of the patient at any time), an image processor unit, a gating control unit, and an image display unit.
6. Provide a brief description of the catalyst for this project.
The developed prototype utilizes the Information Technology (IT) that is close to the users’ experience and understanding. This was expected to improve the data mining from the cancer registry, which is typically a demanding task. The artifact resulting from the design process presents several user interfaces that allow different user groups to choose the way in which they want to view, explore and use the data. This approach is a remedy for the current system in which users are presented with the data in a bulk format, which they manage on their own, best they can, often with the help of a statistician.
7. Provide a brief description of the catalyst for this project.
Designing user-friendly interfaces for data visualizing makes it easy to navigate through the data and enables retrieval of any information that would be hard to manage due to the current presentation formats and amount of information. Smart interfaces make data more accessible since users can specify exactly what data they want to see using just a few clicks. Several cases will therefore be demonstrated to show that it is easier to explore data through simple natural interactions. Users will have easier time to go through a complex annual report that summarizes all kinds of relevant data typically in what seems to be endlessly many tables and graphs all detailing information on the cancer types, treatments and outcomes.
8. Identify the contractor for this project.
Clinicians are the contractor for this project. This is the user group with the widest spectra since they continuously use data mined from the cancer registries for research purposes and improving clinical practices. They do not have direct interaction with the registries, but use statisticians to obtain the data. For instance, for reporting certain cancer incidences at regional level, they would obtain the data after going through a series of steps and only then, can they analyze this data and make the report of interests to them. The data is often delivered with some delay and comes in many rows and columns, which makes it difficult to easily extract information. Therefore, by having smart and user-friendly interfaces changes could be made to improve interactions with the registry system. Direct interactions between the clinicians and the data will reduce the steps they are now performing.
2. Project assignment
· Explain the rationale for this project
In order to design an innovative solution to improve data visualization from the cancer registries, this research has opted for Genius design approach [2] in the initial...