LIMS Implementation

Your vendor sent a blank use case template with no instructions. Here's what goes in each of the 15 sections, the mistakes that surface at go-live, and a free template to get started.

RACI matrices tend to fail the same way: TBD, Nobody, Everyone, and Informed after it broke. Here's why, and what actually holds one together on a LIMS project.

Thirty plus years ago I was mixing reagents on a bench, not writing code. The path from there to specializing in one platform, WinLIMS, ran straight through being its customer first.

Every LIMS project I've been part of has a kickoff date. Fewer of them have an honest answer to a harder question: was the organization actually ready to start on that date?

There's a moment in every marathon where I seriously question my judgment. Around mile 18, the legs get heavy and the math gets brutal. After 30 years in LIMS, I've stopped thinking that feeling is a coincidence.

I've seen the same costly mistakes show up again and again.