About AITP
AITP is a professional association comprised of career minded individuals who seek to expand their potential -- employers, employees, managers, programmers, and many others. The organization seeks to provide avenues for all their members to be teachers as well as students and to make contacts with other members in the IT field, all in an effort to become more marketable in rapidly changing, technological careers.
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October 26, 2011
AITP Workshop Minutes
Jason Cochran presented a Workshop on IT project Management which was introduced by Raymond Holder.
Jason discussed a few hot topics of real world experience solutions he has faced over at NEA Baptist Clinic & how they approach their IT demands with a large medical staff.
NEA Baptist Overview
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Phase 1: Initiation
l Determine scope
l Identify stakeholders
l Outline success
l Secure funding
Phase 2: Planning
l Estimate resource requirements
l Financial, Staff, Vendors,...
l Set milestones and deliverables
l Develop schedule
l Consider interaction with other projects
Phase 3: Executing
Perform the work
l Steps
l Test or backend development
l Training
l Go-Live
Phase 4: Control
l Measure
l Identify issues and corrective actions
l Reporting to stakeholders
l Audience Specific
l Critical for continued buy-in
Phase 5: Closing
l Wrap up
l Contracts, summarize and formal close
l Transfer support into daily operations
l Celebrate
Most Common Pitfalls
l “Scope Creep”
l Additions not accounted for in the project plan
l Example: Timeclock
l Slave to the check list
l Original plan is not perfect
l Adapt and move on
l Change Management
l Correct stakeholder buy-in necessary
l Continual process
Interesting Projects
l Q1 2012
l Dialysis Center
l Summer 2013
l Medical Office Building 213k Square feet
l Hospital 550K Square feet
l Cancer Center
Internship program with NEA Baptist Clinic
· Benefits
· Hands On Experience
· Apply what you Learn in class
· Great References
Areas of Expertise
· Project Management
· Help Desk End-User Support
· Computer Repair
· Software Upgrades
· Network Infrastructures
· Telecommunications
· Programming
All remaining portions of presentation is Confidential underneath HIPPA Laws
Thanks:
AITP Student Chapter Secretary
