The master's thesis focuses on the use of methods of the project management in ABC s.r.o., based on the analyse of the current state in company. Thesis uses theoretical knowledge of project management and its goal is to prepare proposals for solutions for ABC s.r.o.. These proposals for solutions are applicable in practice.

The overall aim of this thesis has been to study the implementation process concerning the use of video conferencing in discharge planning, during and after a development project in a region in southeast Sweden. The research approach has been developed within a new interdisciplinary research area, Applied Health Technology. The main focus of the research has been on how the new IT solution has affected everyday work, and in what ways management supported staff during the implementation process. The study design has a qualitative approach. Phenomenological hermeneutics, content analysis and Participatory Action Research (PAR) have been used in the analysis process. Study I aimed to describe  primary healthcare nursing staff’s experiences of discharge planning, along with their concerns about using video conferencing in discharge planning sessions. It was found that there is need for improvement in communication and understanding between nursing staff working in hospitals and in primary healthcare, and need for nursing staff to obtain more information about how IT solutions could support their work. The aim of Study II was to examine the implementation process of using video conferencing in discharge planning, according to a theoretical framework composed from theories about implementation processes. It was found that implementation frameworks can be useful, and that framing the implementation process supports the exposure of factors and highlights relationships and states of dependency between those factors which may affect implementation. Study III set out to describe managers’ reflections about leading the implementation process of using video conferencing in the discharge planning session. The results indicate that managers experienced two leadership perspectives when they reflected on the implementation process. On one hand, they described a desired way of leading implementation, on the other hand they described an actual way of leading implementation. The aim of Study IV was to describe the reflections of professionals about what is needed in order to create what should become a new best practice using videoconferencing in the discharge planning sessions. The results indicate that the professionals experienced lack of knowledge and understanding about each other’s everyday work and that the absence of well-functioning common routines obstructed the process. The results also indicate that there is a lack of common arenas to enable discussions, negotiations and agreements about adopting new routines as the discharge planning process changes over time. This thesis contributes to the much-needed discussions about how to manage the many ongoing IT implementation processes in Swedish healthcare organizations, by highlighting challenges and difficulties that both healthcare professionals and managers have experienced during an implementation process. The results indicate that implementation frameworks can be useful when new IT solutions are introduced in healthcare, and that there is a need for dedicating time, space and support for involved professionals in designing their everyday work.

Aus der Einleitung: "Innovative interdisziplinäre Produktentwicklung erfordert ein Überdenken von heutigen Methoden, Prozessen, IT-Lösungen und Organisationsformen. Insbesondere fehlt es an Unterstützung durch geeignete IT-Lösungen für die funktionale Beschreibung und Auslegung von Systemarchitekturen. Für die disziplinübergreifende Systemmodellierung der Konzeptphase gibt es nur eingeschränkte IT-Unterstützung. Elektronik und Software stellen einen immer stärkeren Anteil im Produktentwicklungsprozess (PEP) dar. Konstruktions- und Entwurfsmethoden dieser Disziplinen sollten auf den Prüfstand gestellt und ihre Tauglichkeit für einen moderne interdisziplinären Konstruktionsansatz überprüft werden. Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) könnte sich als integrative Methode etablieren und eine Brücke zwischen den verschiedenen Ingenieurdisziplinen bilden. Als »Enabler« für das MBSE werden Systemmodellierungssprachen wie z.B. SysML vorgestellt, die ein Werkzeug für eine interdisziplinäre Systembeschreibung darstellen. Auf konkreterer Stufe können Simulationssprachen, wie z.B. Matlab/Simulink oder Modelica eine frühe multidisziplinäre Simulation ermöglichen, die in Verbindung mit Systembeschreibungssprachen eine frühe Konzeptformulierung erlauben. Dieser Beitrag soll neue Methoden, Prozesse und IT-Lösungen für eine interdisziplinäre virtuelle Produktentwicklung aufzeigen (Anderl et al. 2012)."

Almost all businesses are affected by the current trend of digitalization. To stay competitive, they need to find the right balance between innovation and exploitation. IT-investments could result in increased efficiency, as well as other competitive advantages. To be sure that the IT- investments contributes to these expected advantages, the businesses should evaluate their IT- investment. For the systems to continue to create value and to avoid the use of outdated systems, it’s also of major importance the IT-systems are assessed at a regular basis.   The aim of this thesis is to investigate on what basis IT-investments are made, as well as what approaches organizations tend to adopt while valuating and evaluating their systems. The study was conducted through a qualitative method and the data-collection was made through semi- structured interviews with respondents from 6 different businesses who occupied positions such as chief information officer, chief digital officer and project manager. The part of empirics and analysis explains the results of the study and compares the empirical data with theory.   The result of the study shows that IT-investments often are made to match the digitalization of society and that such investments are affected by factors such as competition and customer’s requests. The result also reveals that acquisition, through Business Case, often is made to decide whether the IT-investment should carry on or discontinue. Furthermore, the result shows that the work with system management often is conducted in a controlled and thoroughly way, but that the work with evaluation isn’t sufficiently comprehensive; which the businesses is aware of and wishes to do in greater extent.

Aus der Einleitung: "Innovative interdisziplinäre Produktentwicklung erfordert ein Überdenken von heutigen Methoden, Prozessen, IT-Lösungen und Organisationsformen. Insbesondere fehlt es an Unterstützung durch geeignete IT-Lösungen für die funktionale Beschreibung und Auslegung von Systemarchitekturen. Für die disziplinübergreifende Systemmodellierung der Konzeptphase gibt es nur eingeschränkte IT-Unterstützung. Elektronik und Software stellen einen immer stärkeren Anteil im Produktentwicklungsprozess (PEP) dar. Konstruktions- und Entwurfsmethoden dieser Disziplinen sollten auf den Prüfstand gestellt und ihre Tauglichkeit für einen moderne interdisziplinären Konstruktionsansatz überprüft werden. Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) könnte sich als integrative Methode etablieren und eine Brücke zwischen den verschiedenen Ingenieurdisziplinen bilden. Als »Enabler« für das MBSE werden Systemmodellierungssprachen wie z.B. SysML vorgestellt, die ein Werkzeug für eine interdisziplinäre Systembeschreibung darstellen. Auf konkreterer Stufe können Simulationssprachen, wie z.B. Matlab/Simulink oder Modelica eine frühe multidisziplinäre Simulation ermöglichen, die in Verbindung mit Systembeschreibungssprachen eine frühe Konzeptformulierung erlauben. Dieser Beitrag soll neue Methoden, Prozesse und IT-Lösungen für eine interdisziplinäre virtuelle Produktentwicklung aufzeigen (Anderl et al. 2012)."