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Norton Healthcare Named 2007 Project Management Office of the Year Winner By the Center for Business Practices

Posted on: Thursday, 28 June 2007, 12:06 CDT

Each year, the Center for Business Practices (CBP), the research and publications arm of project management consultancy PM Solutions, distinguishes a project management office (PMO) for its success and impact within an organization's overall business strategy. This year, at the 2007 CBP Summit in Scottsdale (Hyatt Regency Scottsdale, June 28-29,) the CBP recognized Louisville, Kentucky-based Norton Healthcare as the 2007 PMO of the Year winner for their Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO).

Norton Healthcare's EPMO team supports various projects, programs, and portfolios throughout its organization, including four hospitals, medical centers, and the corporate office. Following a defined methodology, Norton Healthcare's office has implemented projects of all scopes, from human resources to construction. Specifically, Norton Healthcare's EPMO demonstrated the following award-winning qualities:

Project and portfolio focus

Formalized project management career ladder

Guidelines for single project management

Methods for prioritization of the projects within the portfolio

"Norton Healthcare's EPMO team provides tangible benefits that resonate throughout, and are lauded by, its entire organization," said Jim Pennypacker, director of the Center for Business Practices. "The organization's practical approach to project and portfolio management generates impressively consistent results enterprise-wide."

"Thanks to our EPMO, we haven't had to sell the organization on project management; we've been able to demonstrate its value through practical use with the backing of the CIO," said Janet Yackey, Director or Enterprise Program Management for Norton Healthcare. "Successful project management is a high priority at Norton Healthcare, and we're proud to have our efforts recognized publicly by the CBP."

Nominations for PMO of the Year were judged on a number of criteria, including:

Demonstration of vision and business acumen in implementing new ideas, methods, or processes

Meeting organizational challenges

Positive impact on project success

Positive impact on organizational success

Realization of tangible business benefits

Building a project management culture

Effective use of resources

Improved organizational project management maturity

Improved project manager capability

Award finalists also recognized at the CBP Summit included EDS Applications Program Office, National Council on Compensation Insurance, and New York City Housing Authority. To view complete case studies on the 2007 PMO of the Year Award winner and finalists, visit www.cbponline.com.

About Norton Healthcare

For more than a century, Norton Healthcare's faith heritage has guided its mission to provide quality health care to all those served. Today, Norton Healthcare is the Louisville area's leading hospital and health care system (45 percent market share) and second largest private employer. The not-for-profit system -- the largest in Kentucky and rated one of the top 100 integrated health care delivery systems in the country -- includes four large hospitals in Louisville, eight Norton Immediate Care Centers, 9,500 employees, more than 200 employed medical providers at some 50 locations, and nearly 2,000 total physicians on its medical staff. Norton Healthcare serves the Greater Louisville metro area, including Southern Indiana and patients throughout Kentucky.

About the Center for Business Practices®

The Center for Business Practices (www.cbponline.com) is the research and publishing arm of the management consulting and training organization PM Solutions. The CBP promotes effective strategy execution through sound portfolio, program, project, and performance management by capturing best practice knowledge and integrating it into actionable, fact-based information available through research reports, books, and benchmarking events. For more information, visit http://www.cbponline.com/.

Editor's Note: Members of the media interested in profiling Norton Healthcare can contact Megan Maguire Kelly at 610-269-2100, ext. 225 or mkelly@schubert.com.

Source: Business Wire

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