Joe Wood and Michael Smith -  Implementing a PPM tool for the PMO

SUMMARY:  Providing leadership with visibility into the project landscape and driving consistency of project management execution are two key objectives for any PMO.  One tool designed to address these objectives is the IT PMO Accelerator from Smartsheet.  Prime Healthcare selected Smartsheet not only for its functionality and flexibility, but also its cost effective scalability.  Mike Smith and Joe Wood will share their experience implementing this PPM tool within Prime Healthcare's IT PMO with an emphasis on lessons learned and benefits realized for Prime's entrepreneurial IT department and their young PMO.

About the speakers: With over 23 years management experience in healthcare IT organizations, Joe has led successful teams through a range of endeavors spanning from operational improvement to integrated information system implementations. His leadership roles have ranged from positions in healthcare data technology firms to those in large multi-entity healthcare systems. His experience in hospital IT operations and management gives him insight into the challenges faced by healthcare IT leaders in today’s dynamic environment. Joe cultivates strong relationships and seeks to translate organizational goals, strategy, and needs into service solutions that align with the organization’s values and vision. 

Mike Smith is the Senior IT Project Manager for Prime Healthcare. In the five years of being at Prime he has been a part of 7 successful hospital acquisitions and contributed to the creation of the IT PMO, helping to change the narrative of projects at an organizational level. Previously, working in IT and Marketing for a large kitchen cabinet door manufacture and most recently a small non-profit, Mike believes project management knows no bounds and can bring value to any organization. 

Mike Wakshull - Implementation of QMS for a Forensics Laboratory: Loyalty to the Evidence

This presentation explores the application of ISO 9000:2015 and ISO 9001:2015 to implementation of a quality management system (QMS) to a small forensics laboratory. A QMS is focused on delivering the best product to the customer and focuses on continuous improvement of the process. From a PMBoK perspective, this falls within the Qaulity Management knowledge area.

The work of the forensic examiner requires development and execution of a risk-based process approach. The forensic examiner’s loyalty is to the evidence rather that to the person or entity that retains them. The quality principals defined in ISO 9000:2015 must be focused on both the retaining entity and the evidence. 

Mike Wakshull is a full-time forensic document examiner based in Temecula. He is a certified PMP and Quality Engineer (CQE). Past positions were senior project manager and principal quality engineer at Amgen where he managed corporate quality risk management. At Abbott Vascular he led development and implementation of quality risk management procedures. Mike applies his project management and quality management experience and skills to the practice of forensic document examination.

Mike was a contributing author to the risk management chapter of the PMBoK Guide.

Kevin W. Reilly, PMP, ACP, CSP
Project Management Certification Trainer & Coach

As we look ahead to the remainder of 2021, there are still several trends that are emerging in both Agile Project Management and Agile Product Development. By making businesses aware of these trends, and ensuring that they understand not only the trend, but also its impact, they will be well prepared to tackle problems that arise in the Agile Space, well into the future.