The Demand – Talent – Team Triangle

By Tamara Pomerantz
November 14, 2023

The Demand - Talent - Team Triangle   Identifying IT staffing needs for today’s & tomorrow’s healthcare system. You are not alone if your IT department is struggling to meet the support and project demands of your health care organization.  I’m frequently asked questions

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What’s your problem?

By Tamara Pomerantz
October 21, 2023

What's your Problem? The importance of an effective Problem Statement.   Has your organization jumped into a project, only to realize it didn’t improve the situation because the implemented change really wasn’t related to the actual problem?  Or maybe something like this has happened at

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Right Thing – Right Time – Right Way

By Tamara Pomerantz
September 28, 2023

Right Thing - Right Time - Right Way Building an achievable Portfolio Roadmap based on effective governance decisions, line of sight, and resource capacity.  Every organization seeks to select projects that provide value – the right thing.  However, often value achievement is limited because

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How Are You Testing?

By Tamara Pomerantz
August 2, 2023

What are Manual and Automated Testing?   Testing is the process that is carried out throughout software, technology, and operational workflow development and deployment.  It is used to verify requirements, confirm functions, and validate workflows.  Two options for testing are manual and automation.Manual

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Do You Have Line of Sight to Strategy

By Tamara Pomerantz
July 14, 2023

Line of Sight - The pathway to achieving organizational strategy. Studies have shown that most organizational strategies fail.  In fact, studies ranging from the 1980s to this past year continue to support these claims. Without well communicated clear goals and objectives for

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What’s in your Operational Governance?

By Tamara Pomerantz
June 22, 2023

Does any of this sound familiar? The “loudest voice” drives the selection and approval of projects and investments.  Project resources are often at or over capacity.  Return on investment for projects is not clear because metrics to measure and confirm value were not defined.  Decisions for

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The Four Pillars of Quality Testing: Creating a Solid Foundation

By Brian Kottenstette
November 30, 2020

Testing is at the core of our business at MAKE Solutions, and it is our goal to help our clients make their testing process accountable, repeatable, standardized and consistent. Through our experience, we’ve identified four pillars that hold up a quality testing

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Why Integration Testing and Automated Testing Tools Do Not Mix

By Patti Marshall
July 1, 2020

Healthcare organizations are continuously looking for ways to reduce the costs associated with repeated rounds of testing of their information systems.  Many investigate automated testing tools as a way to take the burden of their analysts. These organizations know how much clinical

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What is a Testing Management Plan and Why Do You Need One

By Patti Marshall
June 24, 2020

Healthcare organizations know how much clinical and non-clinical staff alike depend on the information technology (IT) they use to help in delivering and supporting the care they provide to the patients they serve.  However, many organizations do not understand the connection between

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Creating Integration Test Scripts: A How-To Guide

By Patti Marshall
June 11, 2020

Healthcare organizations seem to struggle with creating and maintaining integration test scripts.  This whitepaper will outline the steps necessary to create great integration test scripts for your organization.Integration testing is a systematic way to ensure that a group of applications work together

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