System Development Life Cycle Whether you are building a house, buying a new software program, or going on vacation, a carefully considered plan may encourage a positive outcome. In health care, planning for the adoption and integration of health information technology systems requires research, analysis, communication, and collaboration. During the planning phase, those leading a health information technology system project must evaluate potential problems related to patient needs, staff workloads, and costs, among other things. Planning frameworks can assist leaders with this task. This week, you examine a popular planning framework—the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)—as you begin your Major Assessment for this course: investigating a health information technology system or health information application. You also explore how leaders facilitate the implementation of HIT projects and consider strategies for garnering support from key stakeholders and decision makers. Students will: Analyze how HIT projects are identified and moved forward within an organization Evaluate the impact of leaders and key decision makers on implementing HIT projects within an organization Critically analyze the development and implementation of a health information technology system or application /li> HIT Projects and Decision Makers A nurse leader sought to implement greater security in the children’s wing of the hospital by installing a new alarm and monitoring system. Due to budget constraints, the CNO rejected the proposal, stating that current security methods were sufficient. Shortly after this failed proposal, an individual did in fact breach the children’s wing security and abducted a young child. Thankfully, the child was found and returned to her parents; and the CNO quickly found the money to install the new security system.