ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2024

Active Resistance Active resistance to change is direct, vocal and provocative. It’s negative and outspoken and can include head-on conflict, sarcasm, defiance, increased problem spotting without offering solutions, open criticism of the change management process, starting rumors or even sabotaging the change.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 28, 2017

This article, How Change Management Fits Into Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. Way back when I started managing projects, change management was a specific role in large organisations. Big projects – and lucky project managers – had their own Business Change Manager.

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Moira Alexander

AUGUST 20, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic taught every business one key lesson: The nature of work can quickly change, and it has, with no signs of slowing. Scaling rapidly from a single-project approach to broader cross-system initiatives relies on developing a flexible, adaptable approach to processes based on teams, their needs, and day-to-day challenges.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this post, I want to dive a little deeper into the subject of Change Management. Yes, we always mention that Scrum Master is a Change Agent but in my subjective point of view, we do not get deep enough into the domain of Change Management. Let's now explore the essence of Change Management.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2024

While this can start at any time after the initial project has been completed, starting it sooner than later makes sure that the project details are still fresh in the team’s mind. Are there other changes you could apply to help maximize the project’s results? What opportunities are there to further the results?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Project Plan Template Project plans serve as a comprehensive document that outlines the strategy for managing a software project from initiation to completion. It also defines the change management process to log and track any changes to the project plan.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We’ve talked a little about how transition plans can help project management, organizational change management and employee turnover. Develop a clear idea for the future and make sure that it aligns with the values and strategic initiatives of the organization. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts execute a transition plan.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 25, 2018

I’ve observed quite a few change management initiatives fail, and some of them have failed spectacularly. While these are not all necessary for every change initiative you may be managing or leading, think of them as best practices to follow. Change is going to happen with or without you.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Project Intake Template for PPM Managing a portfolio means choosing the right projects to initiate. Use this project portfolio management template to review and approve formally proposed projects to evaluate their feasibility and determine their priority within the broader portfolio. Learn more 2.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This focuses on aligning process enhancements with the company’s long-term strategic initiatives and goals. It drives organizational change by focusing on areas such as customer relationship management, financial planning and supply chain management. Free change management plan template Download now 7.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 12, 2024

Clarify how risks are identified Another common problem is that risks aren’t identified as they emerge because the risk identification process stops at project initiation or (worse) just after the ink dries on the business case. This should go beyond a few bullet points of the initial identified risks.

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Entry

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Manage changes to projects or initiatives within an organization on both a technical and human level. Project management is the process of supervising a project team through a series of tasks that ultimately reach completion of a defined goal with a specified target date for completion.

Change Management 150

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Build, Excite, Equip: How to Simplify Change Adoption in Your Projects, by Nicola Graham, is a handbook for business change management aimed at project managers. Build, Excite, Equip (BEE) is a simple 3-step methodology backed by neuroscience for making sure change management is woven into your projects.

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nTask

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This is where the change management process comes into play. As a project manager, you have to be vigilant about the impact a project will have on the organization and how your resources will react to it. Therefore, as a project manager, you may also have to be a change manager. What is Change Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 6, 2022

Projects that have a major impact need to be assessed for their change management impact. There may be good reasons for investing in ethical or green projects throughout the year, for example, if your company has a commitment to spending, say 20% on environmental initiatives. What strategic goals does the project support?

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Inloox

JUNE 15, 2021

That's why we’ve created a change management planning template to enable you to properly initiate changes in your company with InLoox. Definition Change Management The goal of change management is to adapt processes, strategies and structures in companies in order to move with the times and achieve competitive advantages.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It encompasses all phases, from the initial concept and design to the completion and handover to the owner. Pre-Construction Phase This phase includes the project initiation , which defines goals, budget and timeline. Therefore, establish a formal process, assess the impact of changes and document all of them.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2025

Whether youre managing a small task or a large initiative, using a status report template saves time and ensures consistency. Theres even a risk and change management log. They serve the same purpose as reports in project management software. The report ends with conclusions and recommendations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

Professor Tirado is a native New Yorker, and when he started out in this field he was one of 5 people in the world who married together managing initiatives through projects and industrial psychology. He gave the example of changing from MS Word to Google Docs. It’s not a huge change for the user and not complex.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 17, 2024

Her specialties include coaching and developing change leaders at all levels of the organization; consulting on complex organisational change initiatives including enterprise agile PM rollouts, business transformation projects and merger/acquisition change programs.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As a new project kicks off, project managers use this resource to plan for known roadblocks. Project sponsors also expect deliverables during the initiation, planning and execution phases of a project. Initiation phase deliverables can include a project charter or a business case. Project Deliverables Expected Prior to Closure.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2018

There are five phases of project management that see a project through from initiation to close. Project Initiation: How to Start Your Project Off Right. The first phase of any project is the initiation. Phases are broken down into smaller tasks, and the same is true for the initiation phase. Of course you do!

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Leading Agile

MARCH 21, 2022

When there is an intentional organizational change like an Agile Transformation, there is a significant learning curve, and it is an organization-wide shift. I’ve seen change initiatives go poorly. It didn’t take long for the whole IT organization to revert both practice-wise and culturally through attrition and other change.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

This year, I’m going to spotlight an initiative called #CelebratingWomeninProjectManagement launched by Elise Stevens , CEO of FixMyProjectChaos. Stevens is a podcaster, author, speaker and works with women in project management to reinforce within themselves their true value to their team, company and industry.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

They standardize best practices and oversee related business administration, risk management and change management. Another important task given to PMO directors is managing and allocating resources across projects according to priorities, schedules and budgets.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

PMI has divided the large field of project management into 10 more digestible parts, which it calls the 10 project management knowledge areas in its A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This is the document that sets up the project and assigns the project manager. What holds a project together?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

After the project initiation and the planning processes, the execution of the project begins. You might be tempted to identify and respond quickly to change, which is important. But without documenting these changes to the project plan you’re setting yourself up for problems. Poor change management.

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Entry

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Manage changes to projects or initiatives within an organization on both a technical and human level. Project management is the process of supervising a project team through a series of tasks that ultimately reach completion of a defined goal with a specified target date for completion.

Change Management 150

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Moira Alexander

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Project management involves the use of people, processes and methodologies to plan, initiate, execute, monitor and close activities. While project management and change management are two areas often work side-by-side -- and they should -- there are some similarities. Characteristics of change management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

While the emotion is still fresh, it can be used as an open doorway to identify the initiating event. The Time-line technique, accredited to Tad James , enabled me to study the initiating event in this situation without emotion. As a background to the project, it was an assignment on performance management through behavioral change.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It’s a cliché to say that nothing is constant except for change, but the adage certainly applies to anyone who has ever managed a project. Sometimes stakeholders want something different from what they had requested during initiation. But not all change is equal in a project. Teams get sick. Weather gets in the way.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Project: Migrate the accounting software to a new tool — this might be a complex project that affects many staff, with serious implications for process re-engineering and training, but it’s just one initiative. While it helps in many ways to have such overt senior support, it does push resistance to change underground!

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

Project Initiation: Project charter, business case, project kickoff meeting agenda. Project Planning: Project management plan, work breakdown structure, project budget, project schedule, change management plan, scope management plan, risk management plan. Business Case.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2024

Change management is often part of a project manager’s role, but we don’t get a lot of formal training in how to make it happen. However, the risk of getting the change aspects wrong can be huge. A cost-effective and comprehensive self-paced training.

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nTask

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Change management has become one of the most important factors for success in the organizational paradigm of the modern world. Let’s discuss the definition of change management in detail. What is Change Management? What are the 7 R’s of Change Management? The REASON behind the change?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope management is the way to deal with that, so let’s talk about how we can use change control protocol to help with it all. What is change control and why is it important? Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 26, 2021

On the other hand, you could end up with a project with lots of approved, considered changes, that never ends because every time you think you have finished, a new project requirement arrives in your inbox and you have to make more changes. Scope Management Plan. Change Management Plan. Scope Creep Example.

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