Implementation Plan
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Using all of the information collected and organized in Phase 1 of the implementation process, the newly developed implementation team and other stakeholders need to  build a plan for how they will successfully implement the intervention. This plan should outline the tasks to be completed, the people working on the tasks, what support will be available, and how that support will intersect with the teams doing the work. 
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For this step, the implementing organization needs to:
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create a clear plan that includes specific tasks and timelines to enhance accountability during implementation. 
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determine the challenges to effective implementation and how they can proactively address them. 
Tools to use during the Implementation Plan phase:
Implementation Logic Model
The Implementation Logic Model (ILM) is a semi-structured tool that aids implementation researchers and practitioners in the planning and execution of implementation projects. The ILM serves as a conceptual model that links the core elements of the implementation project: implementation barriers, strategies, mechanisms, and outcomes. In doing so, the ILM brings together foundational models and frameworks from implementation science into a theory of change and action.
Who should use Implementation Logic Model?
The ILM is important to any team that is making broad use of the implementation toolkit. It provides a framework to specify the conceptual linkages between core elements of implementation projects (e.g., barriers, strategies, mechanisms, and outcomes), serving as a “roadmap” for how the project is to be carried out. That linkage is important to any team carrying out a full implementation project using the toolkit.
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How does the tool help with Implementation?
This tool is useful for step 10 of the QIF when teams are developing an implementation plan. During this step, Implementation team outlines the specific tasks and timeline for the implementation project and proactively addresses anticipated challenges. The ILM can serve as a roadmap to organize both thinking and action, describing how the project will be carried out and how it will be evaluated. Implementation teams should work with their implementation coach to fill in the columns of the ILM.​
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Time: The ILM is a brainstorming tool. Where teams are at in their planning process will dictate how much time it will take them to fill out the ILM. Teams that have already thought through potential barriers and strategies will take less time to fill in the ILM than teams where the tool is used as a way to discuss these issues for the first time. Time medium resource.
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People: Ideally the whole implementation planning team will fill out the ILM together. Personnel medium resource.
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Funding: The only cost for the tool itself is the personnel time to complete the logic model. Funding medium resource.
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Implementation Logic Model Tool
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Slide deck with cover sheet describing the tool and its purpose within the QIF, an instruction page, and the logic model itself.
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Implementation Work Breakdown Structure
The Implementation WBS is the roadmap for the implementation process. The team can breakdown processes and tasks into manageable components. The Implementation WBS allows the implementation team to brainstorm who would be responsible for each tasks, and to estimate how many hours the team would need to successfully accomplish each task. ​
Who should use Work Breakdown Structure?
Every team should have a project plan. WBS in combination with the RASCI is valuable for it fully capture all of the work that needs to be done throughout the implementation process and allows teams to assign specific tasks across their implementation team(s). If a team is not undergoing a thorough implementation process and is already using another project planning tool, they may not need to fill out the complete WBS. ​
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How does the tool help with Implementation?
The Implementation Work Breakdown Structure is used in the last step of Phase 2 to start the implementation plan. The tool is a flexible template for the team to outline each action and process that they need to take to implement their improvement project.
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Resources recommended:
Time: This tool will likely be the focus of much of the planning process in Phase 2 of the implementation process. Detailing the specific task the team wishes to accomplish will take considerable time. Time heavy resource.
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People: At least the full planning team needs to be involved in this process. Likely the team will also want to consult with various stakeholders, especially if they will be assigned tasks in the WBS. Personnel heavy resource.
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Funding: The only cost for the tool itself is the personnel time to complete the WBS. Funding medium resource.
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Slide deck that describes the tool, its purpose and application to the QIF along with different views of the spreadsheet with annotations that describe how to fill in the worksheets.
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Work Breakdown Structure Worksheets
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The actual template that teams can fill out describing the tasks, the person responsible, and the estimate time each task will take to complete.
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Data Needs Questionnaire
This questionnaire is designed to help implementation teams begin to articulate the kind of data they need to support their interventions. With this tool, implementation teams can describe their outcomes, the affected population, how the data will be collected, how the data will be used after collection, and how to evaluate the efficacy of the data collection process. Data should be the basis of an implementation project. Much of the organization of the project will be on collecting, analyzing, and responding to data. It is important to think critically about the type of data the implementation team needs to best support your work. In particular, this questionnaire allows for better communication between the implementation team and the data management team at the site of collection.​
Who should use Data Needs Questionnaire?
The full Data Questionnaire should be completed by teams that are collecting data about and as part of the interventions they are implementing. The questionnaire is designed to help teams start brainstorming their data needs to aid them when talking to the data management team.
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How does the tool help with Implementation?
Most implementation projects involve a large set of data. Having a plan for how to collect, organize, and distribute all levels of data is crucial for team that are developing their initial implementation plan.
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Time: The time it takes teams to fill out the questionnaire will depend on how much data will be generated during the lifecycle of the project and whether the team has already thought through the data collection process. Time medium resource.
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People: The Data Needs Questionnaire should be filled out by the full planning team in collaboration with the team's data support team. Personnel medium resource.
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Funding: The only cost for the tool itself is the personnel time to use the questionnaire. Funding medium resource.​
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Data Needs Questionnaire Slides
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Slide deck with Data Needs Questionnaire coversheet and slides with each type of questions that the implementation team needs to consider.
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Full Data Collection Questionnaire with information on how to fill in the questions along with questions on outcomes, population, data collection, data usage, and evaluation.
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