Name
Govern Not Squash: The Road to Building a Flexible Clinical IT Governance Model
Date & Time
Friday, June 29, 2018, 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Karen Thompson Edmund Jackson
Description
 

Join our keynote speakers as they discuss the evolution of enterprise governance of clinical IT innovation, focusing on the data science portfolio.  Faced with the ever-growing interest in developing solutions leveraging the data science capabilities and the increased competition for enterprise funding, the two speakers worked together to create a flexible governance model. They were committed to design a model that would enable the pursuit of innovative solutions, while still providing a degree of discipline and without being overly bureaucratic.  They will share their insights and lessons learned with implementing a new governance model, noting how they have managed to:

  • Leverage existing governance committee best practices, while introducing new practices to strengthen engagement of key decision makers
  • Work within a traditional annual enterprise funding cycle to adopt a project life cycle using agile development
  • Prioritize new development opportunities quarterly
  • Conduct small experiments to quickly test assumptions and discontinue work on efforts that are not deemed viable
  • Evolve the internal dialogue among leaders to ensure that data science efforts are focused on delivering compelling solutions with tangible value