Develop an implementation plan and logic model for your doctoral project.

Develop an implementation plan and logic model for your doctoral project.

A project implementation plan (PIP) is used to identify specific activities associated with implementation of your doctoral project to ensure that adequate preparation has taken place and that adequate contingencies are in place. The PIP builds on your project charter and presents the major components of your project and the steps for implementing it.

A logic model evolves from your project charter and PIP and presents a graphical or tabular representation of how your effort or initiative is supposed to work. It explains why your strategy is a good solution to the gap or problem that you identified. Effective logic models clearly state the activities and results you expect to see at your organization. The logic model helps keep participants moving in the same direction by providing a common point of reference.

Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 3: Create a project implementation plan and logic model.
Describe the specific intervention that will be used to accomplish the overarching goal of the project.
Develop measurable implementation goals or objectives.
Specify key action steps for achieving expected outcomes and the people or areas responsible for executing each step.
Describe data analysis and evaluation methods and metrics for each goal or objective.
Create a logic model describing key inputs, outputs, and expected outcomes for an intervention.
Competency 6: Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Preparation
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your draft implementation plan and logic model to Smarthinking Tutoring for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. If you plan on using this free service, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback.

Instructions
Note: The assessments in this course must be completed in the order presented; subsequent assessments should be built on both your earlier work and your instructor’s feedback on earlier assessments. If you choose to submit assessments prematurely, without considering and integrating your instructor’s feedback, your assessment may be returned ungraded, resulting in your loss of an assessment attempt.

This assessment has been identified as a Signature Assessment. Signature assessments serve a dual purpose: to meet the competencies in the course where the signature assessment appears and acquire skills needed to demonstrate competencies specific to the completion of the Doctoral Project Report. Learners must successfully meet the established criteria for demonstrating competence on this assessment in order to successfully complete the course (see University Policy 3.4.07 Grading). Completion of this course is a program-specific requirement. Consequently, learners must pass this course in order to remain in good academic standing (see University Policy 3.01.04 Academic Standing).

Complete this assessment in two parts. Use the quality/performance improvement (QI/PI) framework you developed in Assessment 1 as you begin developing your project implementation plan and logic model.

Part 1: Project Implementation Plan
Develop a project implementation plan including your PICO or PICO(D) question and a detailed description of the project intervention, goals or objectives, key actions, expected outcomes, data evaluation and measurement, and primary responsibilities.

Implementation Plan Templates and Examples. Choose the format for your implementation plan that works best for you. The following templates and examples may help you decide on a suitable format:

Doctoral Project Implementation Plan Example [DOCX].
Doctoral Project Implementation Plan Template [DOCX].
Project Work Plan Template [DOCX].
Health Resources and Services Administration (n.d.). Oral health service expansion (OHSE): Sample implementation plan [PDF]. https://bphc.hrsa.gov/programopportunities/fundingopportunities/oralhealth/attachment2.pdf
Graded Requirements. Construct your implementation plan as outlined below. Each of the main tasks corresponds to scoring guide criteria. Read the performance-level descriptions in the scoring guide for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

Describe the specific intervention that will be used to accomplish the overarching goal of the project.
Be sure that your description is sufficiently detailed to enable anyone replicating the project to implement the same intervention.
Develop measurable implementation goals or objectives. Consider:
Staff education.
Compliance of staff with training requirements.
IT support.
Budget.
Educational materials (supplies, posters, flyers, and other collateral).
Specify key action steps for achieving expected outcomes and the people or areas responsible for executing each step.
Describe data analysis and evaluation methods and metrics for each goal or objective.
What evidence supports your chosen methods and metrics?
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards and APA formatting requirements.
Proofread your writing to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your introduction.
Part 2: Logic Model
Develop a logic model defining the inputs, outputs, and expected outcomes of your intervention to explain the thinking behind the design and show how specific activities lead to results. The logic model is a one-page figure or table that clearly articulates your plans to the reader.

Logic Model Templates and Examples. Choose the design for your logic model that works best for you. The following templates and examples may help you decide on a suitable design:

Health Resources and Services Administration. (n.d.). FY 2018 Advancing precision medicine (APM) supplemental funding opportunity: Optional abstract/project description: Sample logic model [PDF]. https://bphc.hrsa.gov/programopportunities/fundingopportunities/advancingprecisionmedicine/apm-sample-logic-model.pdf
Healthy Start EPIC Center. (n.d.). Logic model: Healthy start national program (December, 2014) [PDF]. http://healthystartepic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Scope-Logic-Model.pdf
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). Basic logic model template [PDF]. https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/sites/default/files/logic-model-template-worksheet3_0.pdf
Graded Requirements. Construct your logic model as outlined below. Each of the main tasks corresponds to the scoring guide criteria. Read the performance-level descriptions in the scoring guide for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

Create a logic model describing key inputs, outputs, and expected outcomes for your intervention.
Describe the problem and who it affects the most.
Describe key inputs.
Inputs are primarily the resources, contributions, and investments needed to deliver on your activities.
Describe key outputs.
Outputs are the activities, services, events, and products reaching the primary stakeholders that are needed to achieve your objectives.
Describe short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes.
Outcomes are the results or changes related to the intervention that are experienced by the primary stakeholders.
Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
Write with a specific purpose and audience in mind.
Adhere to scholarly and disciplinary writing standards.
Additional Requirements
Submit your implementation plan and logic model for this assessment. Before submitting your assessment, proofread both parts to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it difficult for them to focus on the substance of your assessment.

Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your project implementation plan and logic model to your ePortfolio.

SCORING GUIDE
Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated