D257 Healthcare Project Management sample papers, task by task

Reviewed by Preston Vandermark, MBA Healthcare Project Management Western Governors University Free custom samples in 24–48h

D257 teaches HIM students to argue for a project and then run it. The samples here make the business case for computer-assisted coding at a composite two-hospital system and turn the approved case into a working project plan.

How this shelf works

Send the exact assignment or rubric from your course of study and a custom sample written to it lands in 24 to 48 hours, the first one free. D257 is WGU’s Healthcare Project Management course. It centers on how HIM professionals justify projects with business cases and manage them through scope, schedule, stakeholders, resources, risk and communication. Searches like "d257 task 2 assignment example", "D257 sample paper", and "D257 task samples" land on this page.

What D257 is really about

Healthcare Project Management gives health information management students the tools that turn an idea into a finished change. It covers project methodologies, process analysis, business case proposals and the planning documents a project manager maintains: scope statements, work breakdown structures, schedules, stakeholder analyses, resource plans, risk registers and communication plans. HIM projects are a natural fit for this discipline because they cross departments, touch the revenue cycle and depend on physicians, IT and finance as much as on HIM staff.

The course's two written pieces follow one project from proposal to plan. The first persuades a sponsor that the project deserves money and attention, comparing options and showing costs, benefits and risks. The second assumes approval and lays out how the project will actually be delivered and controlled. Keeping the same project across both lets the plan answer the risks the business case raised. The health system on this shelf was invented for the samples.

What D257’s tasks ask for

Expect the first task to ask for a business case: the problem, the proposed project, alternatives considered, costs and benefits, stakeholders, risks and a recommendation. The second task asks for a project plan for that project, including the methodology, scope, schedule and milestones, resources, stakeholder and communication plans, and how risks identified in the business case will be monitored and controlled.

Why D257 tasks come back for revision

Business cases in D257 are often sent back when the financial argument is a claim rather than a calculation, or when no alternatives are compared. Project plans come back when the risk section repeats the list from the business case without owners, triggers or responses, and when the schedule has no milestones a sponsor could check.

The D257 drawers

Task 1

D257 Task 1 HIM business case example

The first task argues for an HIM project with options, costs and risks. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Task 2

D257 Task 2 project plan example

The second task plans delivery of the approved project, risks and all. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Using a D257 sample the right way

Read the D257 samples for how the numbers in the business case carry into the plan's budget and how each risk gets an owner and a response. Then build your own case and plan the same way. Send the instructions and rubric aspects for a custom sample in 24-48h, the first one free.

How these samples are written

Method, in one line: aspects first, structure from the aspects, artifacts consistent, format exact. Both C-code and D-code spellings resolve here because students search both. Your free request is drafted against what your degree plan actually shows.

D257 questions, answered

Should the D257 tasks use the same project?

Yes, in most versions the project plan builds on the business case. Consistent numbers and risks across both make the pair stronger.

How detailed should a D257 budget be?

Detailed enough to show one-time and ongoing costs and the expected benefit. A simple payback or return calculation is persuasive.

Which methodology suits D257?

Any recognized one, such as waterfall, agile or a hybrid. Explain why it fits the project.