Practical Project Management · From Charter to CloseoutBook 1
For new project managers in healthcare
Managing Your First

Laboratory Integration Project

A step-by-step guide to connecting hospital information systems, laboratory information systems, and analyzers

By Emmanuel P. Bazile, PhD, PMP

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Cover of Managing Your First Laboratory Integration Project by Emmanuel P. Bazile, PhD, PMP
387pages in the PDF guide
178template files: 89 blank + 89 worked examples
36synthetic HIS–LIS message examples
The situation

You start Monday. Here is what to do.

You have just been asked to lead a laboratory integration project: connecting the hospital information system, the laboratory information system, and the analyzers. Nobody has given you a playbook. This book is that playbook.

It follows one project from the day a new project manager is assigned to the day the project closes. Her project hits real setbacks, including a failed go-live readiness review, and you see how she recovers.

If you have just been assigned a project, the “I start Monday” reading path gets you through your first month.

You follow Amara Osei, a first-time project manager at Ferrow Bay Health, a fictional community hospital, through 27 chapters and eight phases, from understanding the assignment to handover and closure.

One project · 27 chapters · 8 phases
What you receive

Five files, ready the moment you buy

Start from a blank template, open the worked example to see how Amara completed it, and use the guide to know when each one matters.

PDF

Managing-Your-First-Laboratory-Integration-Project.pdf The guide

The 387-page guide, with clickable contents, bookmarks, and working links throughout.

ZIP

Book1-Templates.zip

89 templates, each supplied in blank and worked-example form—178 files total. Editable documents (.docx) and spreadsheets (.xlsx): charter, stakeholder register, requirements catalog, risk register, test strategy, cutover runbook, closure report, and more.

ZIP

Book1-Message-Set.zip

36 synthetic HIS–LIS message examples (HL7 v2.5.1) behind the book’s annotated message walkthroughs, with documentation and an offline validator you can run if you have Python.

PDF

START-HERE.pdf

A two-page guide to every file and where to begin.

TXT

TERMS-OF-USE.txt

Plain-language terms: use and adapt the templates for your own professional projects.

Pages from the book: a chapter opening, a worked example, a project charter template, and a risk register spreadsheet
How each chapter works

The same dependable pattern, every chapter

Every chapter gives you only the ideas its work needs, at the moment you need them.

The situation

The core concepts

Numbered steps

Who to involve

Questions to ask specialists

A worked example

Common mistakes

A Control Point

Monitoring and controlling, built into every chapter instead of left to the end.

Six scenario questions, with answer guidance

The journey

From charter to closeout, in eight parts

I

Part I

Understand the assignment

Your first ten days, the order-to-result workflow, and enough technology to lead.

Chapters 1–3
II

Part II

Define and authorize

Business need and success measures, scope and charter, team and decision structure, and how the project will run.

Chapters 4–7
III

Part III

Discover and design

Workflows, testable requirements, patient identity and laboratory data, and the message contract.

Chapters 8–11
IV

Part IV

Plan and baseline

Schedule, budget and vendor commitments, risk and patient safety, test planning, and the planning gate.

Chapters 12–16
V

Part V

Approve the design and build

Design approval, environments and build, and keeping delivery under control.

Chapters 17–19
VI

Part VI

Prove readiness

End-to-end testing, defects and acceptance, and preparing people and support teams.

Chapters 20–22
VII

Part VII

Launch and stabilize

Cutover rehearsal, the go/no-go decision and go-live, and stabilization.

Chapters 23–25
VIII

Part VIII

Hand over and close

Handover to operations, closure, and checking the benefits.

Chapters 26–27
Who it is for

Written for people stepping into project leadership

New and aspiring project managers

And clinical, laboratory, and IT professionals moving into project leadership: laboratory scientists, nurses, interface analysts, and clinical leads.

Preparing for the PMP exam?

Every chapter has a short PMP Connection box that links the work to the PMP exam content outline and, separately, to the PMBOK Guide. Treat it as a study companion, not complete exam preparation.

Vendor-neutral and international

No commercial product is named. A “Check Your Local Requirements” box in every chapter tells you what to ask where laws, accreditation, or national standards differ.

About the author

Emmanuel P. Bazile, PhD, PMP

Emmanuel has spent twenty-seven years in healthcare, implementing systems and managing the projects that bring them into service. He holds a PhD in Information Systems and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). This is the first book in his series Practical Project Management: From Charter to Closeout.

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Questions

Before you buy

How do I receive it?

Checkout is handled by Gumroad. Right after payment you can download all five files, and Gumroad also emails you a link to them.

What exactly is in the package?

Managing-Your-First-Laboratory-Integration-Project.pdf (the 387-page guide), Book1-Templates.zip (89 templates, each supplied in blank and worked-example form—178 files total), Book1-Message-Set.zip (36 synthetic HIS–LIS message examples with an optional validator), START-HERE.pdf, and TERMS-OF-USE.txt.

What do I need to open the files?

A PDF reader for the guide, and office software that opens .docx and .xlsx files for the templates. The message validator is optional and needs Python; you do not need it to read the book or use the templates.

Can I use the templates at work?

Yes. You may use and adapt them for your own professional projects, and share the completed project documents you make with your employer, clients, and project teams. You may not sell, share, or redistribute the reusable template collection or the message set. The full terms come with your download.

Is there any real patient data?

No. Ferrow Bay Health, its people, vendors, and systems are fictional, and every message and data value is synthetic.

Book 1 · The complete package

Lead your first integration project with confidence

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