Factors for success and barriers to success of projects, identified by EQuIP trainees
| Factors for success | Barriers to success | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total of 76 free text comments grouped into themes | Total of 65 free text comments grouped into themes | ||
| Theme | Per cent of comments | Theme | Per cent of comments |
| Clinical team support | 16 | Time/clinical commitments | 37 |
| EQuIP study days and project surgeries | 16 | Team/colleagues not engaged in project | 17 |
| Senior/supervisor support | 14 | Culture for change | 11 |
| Application of QI knowledge/methodologies | 13 | Inexperience in project management | 8 |
| Manager/transformation team support | 10 | Project not relevant or achievable | 8 |
| Culture for change | 6 | Difficulty accessing data (from IT system) to measure improvement | 5 |
| Time | 5 | Publicity to prevent duplication of work | 5 |
| Personal motivation | 5 | Lack of senior clinical support | 3 |
| Peer support | 4 | Lack of manager support | 3 |
| Mentoring | 4 | Poor understanding of the organisation | 3 |
| Relevance of project | 3 | ||
| Others | 4 | ||
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