Strategic Program Management at INTEGRIS: The IT Role as a Strategic Partner

Mark Pasquale, CIO, INTEGRIS Health.  How many projects in your portfolio require IT resources to succeed?  If your organization is like most, over 90% of the projects will require at least one IT resource.  Many organizations now rely on IT as the team who has ownership of all project intake, approval, prioritization and management processes as well as the enterprise steering committee that oversees these activities. Healthcare System IT teams often lack the sufficient number of resources to manage this heavy load and at times can be looked at as an organizational bottleneck and an inhibitor to the accomplishment of strategic objectives. At INTEGRIS, we have recently focused on improving these processes and although we don’t have all of the answers, we would like to share some thoughts with you.