Evidence Based Practice Timeline and Plan

The project schedule is one of the most important tools in creating a successful project (usually after building a good team). To develop a schedule, the team must establish a breakdown of the work and a corresponding execution plan for the work.

This is usually an iterative process: the development of each element influences the others. Stated simply, the schedule places detailed activities from the project into their proper sequence, with appropriate relationships, responsible parties, and timelines defined.

The schedule is an integral part of the group project management. It is integrated with, resources, scope, and quality requirements to produce a virtual model of the project execution plan to guide the work and reflect progress and performance through the life of the project.

Initial development of the timeline, plan, and detailed activities usually precede initial development of the project schedule. However, the integrated nature of these components makes the development of each piece an iterative and interdependent process.

The schedule serves as a management reporting tool as well as an implementation tool to help get the work done on time.

The schedule contains activity durations, interdependencies, and constraints that help to identify conflicts and bottlenecks.

When completed, the schedule produces a realistic and achievable timetable for executing the work, given the real-world constraints and limitations.

The timeline and plan is one of the most important tools in managing the project.

NUR499 Sample Project Plan and Timeline Directions: Refer to the Sample Timeline Create a timeline for your capstone project (use the template linked above or design one that works for you. Consider creating your document in Google docs or Google sheets.

Your timeline should include: Project topic identification Identification of three scholarly article citations that support this topic Components of the project with planned completion date Dates/times/method or location of meetings (as needed) Date of timeline and plan approval by faculty (faculty approval is required) Create and work on this assignment in Google Sheets or Google Doc that you “share” with the faculty.

Also save the final copy as an Excel Spreadsheet or Word Doc and submit via the assignment link here in your Brightspace D2L course.