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 Simple Solutions:
How "Enterprise Project Management" Supported Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's Journey from Near Collapse to Number 1
By Lisa DiTullio
iUniverse, 2007
In Simple Solutions: How “Enterprise Project Management” Supported Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s Journey from Near Collapse to #1 (iUniverse 2007), author Lisa DiTullio, renowned speaker, project manager and successful business leader, shares a set of project management practices that allowed Harvard Pilgrim, the Boston-based health insurance company, to escape the disaster of receivership in 1999 and rise to a for-profit ranking of national acclaim today.
In a straightforward writing style, Lisa shows how any company can successfully do the same, simply by introducing a project management model that fights for the “C.A.U.S.E.,” i.e., Communicate, Advocate, Understand, Systemize, and Effect. Her book includes easy-to-follow instructions for implementing this novel and remarkable (but simple!) strategic model. Simple Solutions also recounts real-life perspectives of key business stakeholders within Harvard Pilgrim, including how the participation of each contributed to the company’s amazing climb to distinction.
 “Project management does not need to be overly complicated to support an organization’s business needs,” Lisa explains. “Instead, by keeping things simple, a company can actually develop a project management competency that, over time, will function as a vital cog in the organization’s overall culture.” One key to project management greatness, she adds, something frequently overlooked, is to “serve vanilla!” Too often, project managers go out of their way to make things hard, assuming that’s the only way to succeed. “Yet in spite of all the many other flavors out there,” Lisa reminds, “vanilla is still the most popular!”
With the 21st century now well underway, one thing is clear, Lisa adds: “Change is an increasingly large part of the agenda. So, building organizational capacity for larger and larger levels of change requires the creation of an effective Enterprise Project Management Office. Insuring such an office’s success is critical.” She repeats her book’s principle theme: “Carrying out project management in a simple manner is the key to making this happen.” To purchase a copy of Simple Solutions, click http://www.thoughtleading.com/books.htm and then click on the book's cover. You'll also learn about other books authored by our emersongroup client thoughtleaders. Just scroll down the page to view our many thoughtleaders' books!
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