Healthcare Project Management in the New Economy

John Schlichter is CEO of OPM Experts LLC (http://opmexperts.com), an organization development and project management consultancy specializing in Organizational Project Management (OPM). John was asked in 1998 by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) to lead the largest standards development initiative ever undertaken by PMI, to develop a standard in Organizational Project Management for industry and government designed to help organizations assess and develop the capabilities necessary to execute their strategies through projects, i.e. the OPM3 Standard. In that capacity, John led a team of 800 people across 35 countries for nearly 5 years. John is widely credited with being the foremost expert in the OPM3 standard's content and application. John was contracted by PMI to help develop the PMI OPM3 ProductSuite Assessor/Consultant Certifications beyond the PMP certification. John has implemented OPM3 in many name-brand companies, including ADP, Battelle, Harris, Panasonic, Popular Financial Holdings, Northrop Grumman, T-Mobile, and many others. John can be contacted at jschlichter@opmexperts.com.

Dominic Thomas, PhD, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at the Goizueta Business School, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Dominic is a systems analysis and design specialist with experience managing development efforts involving large and small teams, and skills in both information systems and social analysis. His information systems skills include various forms of modeling and data visualization as well as techniques for ensuring successful systems fit with stakeholder needs. His social analysis skills involve advanced research techniques that blend data collection and statistical analysis with packages including SPSS, SAS, and R as well as Atlas Ti and XML/XSLT. He has a passion for solving difficult socio-technical organizational problems and building a better society. www.dominict.net.