System Acquisition Project Management
Software and Consulting Services
Home FOUR® Services About Us Project
Management
Publications
and Presentations
Clients Links Opportunities Our People
and Location
Publications and Presentations
Listed below are selected examples of events where we were participants:
Acquisition/Procurement
Why Use a Methodology to Manage Healthcare Information Technology Projects? 
Prepared and presented by the HIMSS Project Management Work Group, Chaired and Co-authored by Scott Coplan, 2008
HIT Contracts and Contract Negotiations: FAQs
Prepared by the HIMSS Contracts Work Group, Chaired and Co-Authored by Scott Coplan, 2008
The Rapid Acquisition Decision (RAD)
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, HIMSS Project Management Task Force, 2008
Procurement Management
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, HIMSS  Task Force on Legal Aspects of the Enterprise, 2007
The Rapid Acquisition Decision (RAD) RFP
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan and Wes Scruggs, CIO and Executive Vice President, Aptium Oncology, Inc.
PMI Global Congress - North America, Atlanta, GA, 2007
E-Procurement
Presented by Christine MacRae, Government, Business & Technology Expo (GBET), 2002
Automated Acquisition: A 12-Step Program for Getting the System You Want
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, National Association for Justice Information Systems (NAJIS) Conference, 1996
Project Management
Project Management: Health Information Technology (HIT) Sustainability Beyond Go Live
Prepared and presented  by Scott R Coplan, Project Management Institute, Puget Sound Chapter, September 8, 2008
Applying Project and Technical Management Processes to Health Information Technology
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Guest Lecturer
University of Washington, Executive Master of Health Administration, Bellevue, WA, 2008
Measures of Project Success
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Montana Government Information Technology Conference
State of Montana Information Technology Services Division (ITSD), Helena, MT, 2005
Case Studies of Successful Government Projects
Prepared and presented by Christine MacRae,  PMI Global Congress - North America, 2003
Liability of Hospitals and Their Officials When Technology Projects Fail
Written by Randy Gainer and Scott Coplan
Bureau of National Affairs Health Care Reporter, Vol. 12, No. 39, pp. 1528-1535, October 2, 2003.  Reprinted by Permission.
  Executive Briefing:  Role of Technology as an Enabler in Government - Update
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Government,  Business & Technology Expo (GBET), 2002
  Executive Briefing:  Role of Technology as an Enabler in Government
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Government, Business & Technology Expo (GBET), 2001
Implementation of a Prosecutor Case Management System
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, 1993
Project Planning
How to Win the Prize of Project Success: Know Your Stakeholders
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Boeing Commercial Aircraft, Inc. Project Managers, Issaquah, WA 2008
How to Win the Prize of Project Success: Know Your Stakeholders
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, HIMSS Project Management Task Force, 2007
How to Win the Prize of Project Success: Know Your Stakeholders
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, PMI Global Congress - North America, Seattle, WA, 2006
Progress Report: Developing GJXDM Prosecutor Documents
Presented by Scott Coplan, September 2005 Conference, National Association for Justice Information Systems (NAJIS), San Francisco, CA, 2005
Juvenile Case Management Software
By Donna Rogers, Corrections Forum, March/April 2002 issue
Integration/Data Exchange
Data Sharing Between Prosecutors and the Justice Community
Forum chaired by Scott Coplan, Prosecutor Exchange Committee, 2005
Developing a Plan for Successful Implementation
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan
Roadmap for Information Sharing - A Seminar for Justice Information Systems Decision Makers and Managers
National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA), Baltimore, MD, Chicago, IL, Phoenix, AZ, Atlanta, GA, 2004
The Cure is the Common Code - Justice Integration in Maricopa County, Arizona
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, National Criminal Justice Association, 2003
The Agency IT Manager
Prepared and presented by Christine MacRae, Government, Business & Technology Expo (GBET), 2001
HR Issues in Managing IT Professionals
Prepared and presented by John Wall, Government, Business & Technology Expo (GBET), 2001
Project Management Methodologies and Tools: Planning, Definition, Acquisition, Implementation
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Government, Business & Technology Expo (GBET), 2001
Requirements Definition
Traffic Functional Standards
Draft v5.0, committee including Scott Coplan, National Consortium for State Court Automation Standards, National Center for State Courts, 2004
Security
Homeland Security - What Should We Be Doing?  What Are the Best Cities/Counties Doing?  The Network is the Nation
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Government, Business & Technology Expo (GBET), 2002
Information from this presentation was included in Vital Signs: A Monthly Progress Report on Digital Government
Government Technology News, March 3, 2003, Volume 16, Issue 4
Discussion on Homeland Security
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, National Criminal Justice Association, 2002
Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS)
Prepared and presented by Scott Coplan, Forensic Sciences and Crime Scenes Technology Conference, 2000
In addition, the following publications mention COPLAN AND COMPANY:
  Going Solo
By Michele Meyer, PMI Network, November 2007, Volume 21, No. 11
  Oncology Information Management, Lessons on System Selection and Implementation from Progressive Institutions
Oncology Roundtable, 2007 Annual Meeting, The Advisory Board Company
  Vital Signs: A Monthly Progress Report on Digital Government
Government Technology News, March 3, 2003, Volume 16, Issue 4

© 2008 COPLAN AND COMPANY.  All Rights Reserved.
This page last updated 08 Dec 2008
Any questions or comments regarding this site may be directed to:  webmaster@coplan.com