I had been planning for months, visualizing how I was going to form a new team, meet and work with a new client and kick-off a large project. I and a few of my team members had our first meeting with the client for some onboarding activities. We were all a little excited, a [...]
Project management provides a structured pathway to assist organizations in implementing change and improvements in their organization. Project management plans a path for projects that align time, cost, and scope, and project managers and project coordinators help make delivering quality projects consistently a reality. A project manager (PM) provides overall direction and cadence between [...]
Many companies use consultants to complete projects such as revising a current workflow or implementing a new process or software. Hiring outside consultants to focus on this work enables a company’s full-time employees to continue to run and operate the business. But one key component that many times is not covered as part of [...]
What brings you joy? The ability to eat dinner with my entire family, including all six of my kids, brings me joy. I also appreciate quiet, quality time with my wife one-on-one as well. What are you most afraid of? I am not afraid of tangible items, but more of letting people down or not [...]
As companies make changes to improve profits, efficiencies and quality of the products and services they offer, these changes most likely will impact the day to day work of a company’s staff. Many companies use consultants to complete such projects. Some benefits of hiring outside consultants is the availability of expertise that may not be [...]
“Unless you are willing to experience new things, you’ll never realize your full potential” – Wim Hof One activity that has always been on my bucket list is to skydive. As the years went by, my responsibilities increased, a family, bills to pay etc. and as the primary provider in the family, skydiving was frowned [...]
When I attended my first Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference (MESC) in 2013, I had the privilege to be part of a panel with the State of Michigan. At that time, I was relatively new to the state Medicaid world as well as netlogx. As I think about the similarities and differences between MESC 2013 and [...]
Most people have had at least a cursory introduction to project management. Maybe you’ve planned a wedding or built a house or even just completed some sort of project at your job. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), a project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result, with [...]
There is always room for an organization to grow and improve its services and the quality in which they run their business. Often that means that the implementation of a great idea to better a business needs to be handled as a larger project. But this is also where some things begin to break down, [...]
At the end of 2018, I completed a half marathon in Las Vegas. With my spirits high and the adrenaline of a successful race still in the forefront of my mind, I set more running goals for the next year. Unfortunately, just as I had embarked on another training program, an injury kept me from [...]
