ADHA 7060 Execute Excellence: Project Management in Healthcare

This course introduces the basic tenets and components involved in project management. The primary objective is to provide frameworks that make it possible to track and measure project performance, overcome challenges, and adapt to changes in a variety of professional environments across the health ecosystem. Specific topics covered in the course include project scope, communications, time, cost, quality, risk, and stakeholder management. Operational issues and implementation processes that emerge during project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closing a project will be addressed.

Course overview

Department
Advancing Studies
School
ADV
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Periodically

Catalog details

Prerequisites
Permission of Department

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.06 / 5 · Very Good
35 responses
Instructor rating
4.09 / 5 · Very Good
35 responses
Terms evaluated
6
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026 (midterm)Aza Chirkova4.44.44.84.85.04.64.84.310+ hrs/week5 of 11
Summer 2025Aza Chirkova3.33.33.54.34.54.04.34.07–9 hrs/week4 of 8
Spring 2025 (midterm)Aza Chirkova4.64.64.94.94.74.94.92.710+ hrs/week7 of 10
Summer 2024Aza Chirkova4.04.34.44.54.54.24.53.910+ hrs/week10 of 14
Spring 2024 (midterm)Nira Hadar3.63.24.24.44.24.04.63.47–9 hrs/week5 of 6
Summer 2023Aza Chirkova—————————4 of 6

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Aza Chirkova
    Midterm Spring 2026, Summer 2025, Midterm Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023 · Official rating 4.23/5
  • Nira Hadar
    Midterm Spring 2024 · Official rating 3.20/5