All organizations can benefit from effectively applied project management - but healthcare organizations, in particular, need excellent project management.
How many healthcare CFOs and CIOs get frustrated with the slow pace of IT projects or with the seeming lack of quality with the results of projects? I know of a CFO (whose healthcare organization has a PMO) who was meeting with other CFOs who were bemoaning the state of their IT projects. This CFO surprised his colleagues by indicating that his organization was fairly consistent with its projects and was steadily improving. The difference? The PMO. Someone was minding the shop - making sure that the right projects were being done with the right resources in the right timeframes the right way.
Healthcare organizations can benefit from project management - even without a PMO, but the first step is triage. An organization must have their situation assessed and then have the right treatment administered.
Does your healthcare organization need triage? Does anyone in your organization control and coordinate all IT/IS projects? Does your organization have skilled AND empowered project managers to manage projects? Do most of your projects start and end on time within planned budgets? Do the executives in your organization prioritize and provide support for the IS/IT projects? Are the departments in your organization generally happy with how the IT/IS department executes projects? Is project management understood to be an important role and discipline in your organization?
If you answered NO to any of the questions above, your organization likely needs triage. Go to the nearest urgent care clinic (like PM Triage) and get help!
Regards,
Mark Faggion - Head PM Triage Specialist, Project Management Triage
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