situational analysis

Situational Analysis. SA. Words for the day.

I came out from my class without sense or direction. My group, or "health team" as our adviser would like to call it, is nowhere near completing a project proposal targetting issues in the Institute of Medicine. First and foremost we cannot seem to grasp the idea of a situational analysis. On paper it seems easy enough to comprehend. However, when we are seated in front, all in a row like in a firing squad, we can't seem to put across the fact that we have actually done a situational analysis. While our SA is neither comprehensive or sufficient for us to identify areas for improvement (problems) and formulate a course of action, it is not fair to assume that we have not done any background check at all. We have.

We have one more week to do a situational analysis, identify a problem, make an action plan AND defend our project proposal. Program and project management is definitely not my cup of tea. Lock me up inside a laboratory any time.

Situational Analysis is HELL.


Still reading: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl (just because I had to put it down to catch up with schoolwork)