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Dr. Rushinek, accoun= ting associate professor, is on the faculty of University of Miami, where he tea= ches financial, managerial, forensic accounting, computer auditing, and accounti= ng information systems. He has b= een teaching CPE courses for the AAA, AICPA, FICPA, IIA, IMA and other organiza= tions. Dr. Rushinek has taught at Tel-Aviv University, the Te= chnion, the University of Maryland, Pace University, the University of Southern California, UCLA, and other institutions. Dr. Rushinek has over ten years professional experience in industry, consulting, and public accounting. In = the last 30 years, he has given many presentations to companies & organizations,= he provides quality assurance and consulting services to auditors, accountants= and CFOs, he served on the board of directors of the IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors). =

Dr. Rus= hinek will provide additional information upon written request to arush@miami.edu arushine@aol.com arush@ontrial.org about his research = including E-Commerce Security And Controls; HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability), Sarbanes-Oxley (SARBOX) & Compliance Forensic Accounting, Web Advertising & Marketing, E-Learning, Internet Domain Copyright, & Trademarks/Patents ROI; Business Intelligence & Data Mining For Decision-Making, Electronic Stock Trading; and e-Commerce Security Of Enterprise Resource Management.

The author of over 200 artic= les, he has published in more than 75 periodicals including articles in <= span style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:14.= 0pt'>Accountancy, Computers & Education, Economic Planning, Economic Computation & Economic Cyberne= tics Studies & Research, Industrial Accountant, International Journal of Accounting Education & Research, International Journal of Energy Systems, Journal = For Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Forensic Accounting, Managerial & Decision Economic= s, Managerial Auditing Journal, Managerial Finance, Modeling, Simulation, & Control, Oil, Gas, & Energy Quarterly, = The Accounting Educators' Journal, The EDP Auditor Journal, The International Journal of Accou= nting, The International Journal of Research & Progress In Management Economic= s, The Management Accountant, Th= e Ohio CPA Journal. . He serves= on the IT Journal and the IT IS Journal Editorial Advisory Boards. Dr. Rushinek has been training organizations such as AAA (American Accounting Association), AICPA (American Institute of CPAs), FICPA (Florida Institute of CPAs), IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors), & IMA (Institute of Management Accounting).

*Modules taught &&

* All co= urses are introductory courses and have no required prerequisites

Mini-MBA MEDICAL– Project Management Outline

When given ownership of a project (especially the A-li= st), please use the following guidelines to organize your project. In most cases, the project has been “defined” only by a few high-level conversations. You need to develop a project plan for approval that outlines what’s needed and reasonable so it’s required resources can be planned into our existing workload.

= A. SCOPE (determine what all needs to be done)

= 1. Determine all the stakeholders that should be involved.

= 2. Identify the issues & opportunities that could be addressed.

= 3. Get questions answered.

= 4. Get agreement and approval of scope.

= B. PLAN (determine how to do the Medical Project)

= 1. Identify the major phases and sequence them

= 2. Detail the tasks and sequence

= 3. Identify the task durations

= 4. Identify Resources needed

= 5. Identify estimated target dates

= 6. Create a Gant-like Medical Project Overview Chart (see sample)

= 7. Determine high-risk areas & plan to manage them

= 8. Determine product purchases with costs and timing

= 9. Get approval of plan

= C. DEVELOP (do one right)

= 1. Training (as needed)

= 2. Prototype

= 3. Test (Unit, Integration, User)

= 4. Pilot

= D. IMPLEMENT (do all when right)

= 1. Training (as needed)

= 2. Document implementation instructions

= 3. Communicate to stakeholders as appropriate

= 4. Schedule to meet user needs

= 5. Perform

= E. CLOSE-OUT (completion)

= 1. Inform stakeholders – verify no outstanding issues

= 2. Post-mortem meeting to determine lessons learned

= 3. Update documentation (instructions, Medical Project plan, etc)

= 4. Update inventory

= 5. Update web pages

= 6. Retire assets

= 7. Clean-up areas