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=Performance Improvement Intervention Project= = =

**Module 1: From Chaos to Definition ** **Module 2: The Performance Gap ** **Module 3: Three Intervention Strategies with HPT-Based Solutions ** **Module 4: The Manager's Many Roles ** **Module 5: The Manager as Change Agent ** **Module 6: Applying Theory to Practice **
 * One member of your learning community creates a group wiki where each member can work on his or her project.
 * Create an individual page in the wiki where you will work on your own project throughout the quarter. By having the projects of each member of your learning community in one wiki, it will facilitate collaboration.
 * Begin your wiki by identifying the name of your organization and writing a brief description of the problem the organization identified, as well as a summary of the organization’s history and background, and where the organization would like to be in a reasonable period of time.
 * Clarify the problem identified in Module 1 based on your work.
 * Based on your own analysis, determine the existing performance gap.
 * Conduct a Cause Analysis to discover reasons why the performance gap exists.
 * Continue to compile background information and history about your organization, including goals, objectives, vision, and mission of the organization, along with insight into the stakeholders and decision-makers for the organization.
 * Copy and paste your work from the first two modules into the PII Template and post it to the Dropbox for Instructor evaluation and feedback (ungraded in Module 2; your work will be graded in Module 3).
 * Develop three intervention strategies for your intervention: one low-end, one middle-end, and one high-end.
 * Using feedback from your learning community, decide which solution would work best for your organization.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Make modifications to your Instructor’s suggestions for your work in Modules 1 and 2.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Add your three intervention strategies with HPT-based solutions to the template so your work for the first three modules is in one document. Post your work to the Dropbox for Instructor evaluation and feedback.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Write a justification for your choice of intervention strategy, describing the strengths and limitations of the strategy you selected. Share why this strategy is more likely to resolve the problem than the other two. Include supporting information such as data from documents provided by the organization, interview data, or other information and research gleaned from the Web.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">In your justification, share the strengths and weaknesses of the two intervention strategies you did not choose. Share why you didn’t select these two interventions strategies.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Describe your role as project manager in this intervention, including the document project management techniques, the document resource management techniques, the document delivery system management techniques, and the document information management techniques.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Make modifications to the instructor suggestions for your work in Modules 1 through 3.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Add the Manager’s Many Roles to the template so your work for the first four modules is in one document. Post your work to the Dropbox for Instructor evaluation and feedback (ungraded until Module 6)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Summarize financial and budget information, along with supporting documentation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Develop a project assessment/evaluation plan that measures the effectiveness of your intervention, including both formative and summative assessment instruments. Put the instruments in the Appendices.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">In your Appendices include (a) a list and description of the appropriate technical information for implementing your intervention, (b) any layout sketches, (c) specifications of equipment and purchases, (d) data charts and graphs, and (e) other resources to support your proposal.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Make modifications based on your Instructor’s suggestions for your work in Modules 1 through 4.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Add the Manager as Change Agent to the template so your work for the first five modules is in one document. Post your work to the Dropbox for Instructor evaluation and feedback (ungraded until Module 6)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Make modifications to your Instructor’s suggestions for your work in Modules 1 through 5.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Add a title page, an executive summary, a reference list, and an appendix to your document.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Submit your completed Performance Improvement Intervention Project to the course Dropbox for final assessment (graded in Module 6).