Introduction: nursing informatics specialty / Mary Joy Garcia-Dia -- Nursing informatics core competencies / Kathleen Begonia, Mary Ann Connor -- Project management 101 : getting started / Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, Bruce Darrow -- Project initiation / Jean M Dinapoli, Deirdre OFlaherty, Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia -- Project planning / Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia, Young-shin Park, Dr. Jennifer Dizon -- Project integration management and systems development life cycle : systems assessment / Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia, Amy Reiterman -- Project execution : systems design / Dr. Rosemary Ventura, Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia -- Project execution : systems configuration / Tatiana Arreglado, Dr. Amy Chan, Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia -- Project execution : testing : validation and UAT / Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia, Linda DiCarlo, Dr. Jennifer Dizon -- Project execution : systems implementation / Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia, Linda DiCarlo, Dr. Deirdre OFlaherty -- Project execution : support and maintenance / Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia, Young-Shin Park, Dr. Amy Chan -- Project monitoring and controlling / Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia -- Project closing : evaluation of an IT implementation : using the project development life cycle and the role of the nursing informatics specialist / Dr. Eileen Achacoso, Dr. Eileen Healy, Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia -- Project data and reports / Dr. Amy Y. Chan, Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia, Tatiana R. Arreglado -- Project management : an educator perspective / Dr. Marian K Nowak, Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia, Amy Reiterman -- Future direction / Dr. Mary Jo Vetter, Maureen Phillips, Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia, Dr. Marian K Nowak -- What's next? / Dr. Mary Garcia-Dia.