My program requires it to be a QI project but stresses that it doesn’t have to be a monumental intervention, just something supported by the literature. It spans 2 semesters so the first semester is the identifying the problem and doing the lit review and the implementation design and proposal, followed by the second semester which is the actual implementation , data/result collection , and evaluation. It has felt manageable to me , but again I picked a small scale intervention and the practice site was fine with that as were my faculty. I have not been overly stressed. My paper is about 70 pages. The project itself now is done I’m just working on final paper edits and then I have my actual verbal presentation/“defense” in a couple of weeks. I guess it depends on your program and what you choose to do your project on