Week 3 Assignment  

Test Plan

 

Purpose

 

The purpose of this assignment is to

 

Create a plan to validate the information workflow change proposed in the workflow diagram and analysis assignment week 1;

 

identify issues that have implications for the practice of nursing informatics; and

 

acquaint the student with methods to develop test plans.

 

Requirements

 

Develop a plan to validate (test) the proposed information workflow change from the workflow diagram and analysis assignment week 1 that demonstrates all the resources and processes required to ensure that your proposed change(s) work as designed without unintended consequences. Develop a plan that considers scope, schedule, acceptable deliverables (desired end products), resources (human, hardware, software, network and/or other equipment, space, budget), risks, and contingencies to validate changes and deliverables BEFORE change would be introduced into a live system. While you may not know exactly how long this would take or all of the resources required put on your thinking cap to propose a timeframe, budget, etc. Make this plan specific to your proposed change(s).

 

 Preparing the Paper

 

An introduction that presents the topic and describes how the paper is organized.

 

Paper is comprehensive to include scope, schedule, acceptable deliverables, resources (human, hardware, software, network and/or other equipment, space, budget, need for replacement staff), risks, and contingencies.

 

A conclusion that presents insights gained from working on the assignment.

 

A minimum of three scholarly references, excluding course textbooks, is required. Course texts may be used as additional references.

 

Use APA 6th edition for title page, format of the paper, tables, citations, references, and appendix.

 

Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly.

 

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing.

 

The length of the paper is to be a maximum of 8 pages excluding the title page and reference pages.