Charles Howell

YOU WANT TO ADD A NEW PROJECT! WHICH OF THE 29 DO YOU WANT TO STOP?

Charles Howell is a Man on a Mission, and his mission is to get his organization to manage projects proactively---I guess that means that some of us manage them reactively. Oh, say it isn’t so! As IT Director at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Georgia, Charles wants to change the world of managing projects by tightening the focus of all executives and departments on managing projects at this award winning 300-bed hospital. Here are some questions he seeks answers to when changes or new projects are suddenly introduced: How long have you known about the possibility of this change? How could I be better plugged into the process in the future? Who or what is driving this change? He warns Resource Planners to hold something in reserve, and he will tell you how to do it. He states that project success is all about resources, and many planners are way over allocated. He describes how the PDW tool is a “powerful communication tool” that unmasks the dirty truth of over allocation, and can be the driving force in encouraging all parties to be proactive in project planning.

Charles Howell is the IT Director at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, GA. He has been in healthcare Information Technology for 20+ years. Charles is certified Project Manager (PMP) from the Project Management Institute. In addition to IT management, he manages a group of IT Project Managers. Previous to Floyd Medical Center, he worked for several healthcare providers (including Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA), First Consulting Group and Solucient in Seattle, WA (a healthcare data warehouse and benchmarking company).

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