Change HEADWAY: Planning As If Change Mattered

Change HEADWAY: Planning As If Change Mattered Already a premium member? Login here learn about membership options
Contributed by: Mark Mullaly
Projects are hard enough when the focus is on getting the technical result produced, on time, on budget and to specification. When we add in the complication of getting that used, however, the challenge becomes much more significant. Organizational change requires the evolution of structures, roles, responsibilities. processes and - above all - behaviours. It is all about getting people to work in new and different ways, and to embrace why they need to make this change. Because change is about people, planning is hard. We deal with a much greater level uncertainty, a much higher level of risk and a much different approach required to thinking about how we plan for this. Change can be a project in itself, yet all too often it isn't even appropriately planned in the projects we do have. This webinar focusses on what it takes to effectively plan for change. We will explore the considerations necessary to effectively anticipate both the work required to support the change, and the problems that will come along the way, and how to manage necessary expectations about change planning with your sponsors and steering committee.