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Practical Change Management for IT Projects

Practical Change Management for IT Projects

By : Emily Carr
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Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Practical Change Management for IT Projects
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
Preface
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Preface
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What is Change Management?
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What is Change Management?
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Exercise – defining success
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The Pillars of Change
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Why Change Management is important to project success
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Change Management and the project team
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Exercise – team integration
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Exercise – supporting Change Management
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Summary
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Establishing the Framework for Change
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Establishing the Framework for Change
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Remembering the emotional side of change
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Integrating beyond your project team
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Organization design
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Who is your Human Resources partner?
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Are job descriptions going to change?
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Exercise – updating job descriptions
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Sample solution
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Do you have the right number of people with the skills of the future?
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How will your run team be structured?
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What will your support organization look like?
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Summary
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Building Sponsorship for the Change
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Building Sponsorship for the Change
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Why do we need a change network?
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Steering committee
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Executive sponsors
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Change Agents
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Super users
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A final note on sponsors
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Summary
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Managing Your Stakeholders
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Managing Your Stakeholders
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Conducting a stakeholder analysis
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The change curve
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Understanding the stages of change
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Surviving the Valley of Despair
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Conducting a change impact assessment
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Including end users in the change process
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Working with the project team
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Summary
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Communicating the Change
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Communicating the Change
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The importance of two-way communication
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Push versus pull communication
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Breaking through the noise
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Conducting an audience analysis
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Conducting a vehicle analysis
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Communication messages by project phase
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Gathering feedback
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Creating the communication plan
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Writing good communication
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Summary
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Using Training to Prepare Your Stakeholders
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Using Training to Prepare Your Stakeholders
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The importance of training
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Building knowledge through blended learning
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Identifying your training audience
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Gathering training input
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Planning for training development
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Planning for training delivery
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Evaluating participants
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Building continuous improvement into training
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Developing a sustainable training program
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Summary
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Ready, Set, Change
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Ready, Set, Change
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Putting it all together – consolidating your templates
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Top tips by chapter
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Spreading the word about Change Management
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Summary

Super users

Super users are a subset of the change agents. They have all of the same characteristics and perform all of the same activities as change agents, in addition to those listed below.

Note

Tip

If you are rolling out the change to an organization that is large or geographically diverse, you are likely to lean heavily on your super users.

They will be the local face of the project, and will be responsible for delivering a number of major project activities. Therefore, it is especially important that you choose your super users carefully.

In addition, because you are asking for a larger percentage of their time than any other sponsorship group, you must ensure that they are able to make an ongoing commitment to being a super user. Ensure that their managers approve of them taking on this role and are willing to support them to fulfill their new responsibilities.

Their role

Super users are members of the end user community who are not on the project team, but who will help to support the...

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