Project management skills are essential to any industry. PM is an organized methodology to workflows. There MANY opportunities in healthcare operations to use these skills. Whether it's designing a new clinic space or implementing a new EHR, the toolset for PM can assist in meeting the goal. The five step approach of PM includes, Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closure. Do some of these steps look familiar? The workflows are very similar to problem resolution in healthcare QI tools, such as Lean and Six Sigma. In my opinion, operations leaders are actually project managers