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Change Agents: Assess Impact
Drew is a former IT practitioner, project and program manager and software development executive. He is the owner of Davison Consulting and the author of Project Pre-Check, the stakeholder practice for successful business and technology change, an innovative approach that delivers major business and technology change successfully.
When managing change initiatives, project leaders and stakeholders must consider the impact the planned changes will have on a variety of factors throughout the business environment. This “project world view” includes external relationships, products and services, technology and much more. Here’s a framework to follow.
This is the third article in a series on best practices for managing change initiatives. However, instead of focusing on common, if still misunderstood, techniques such as business cases, risk management and change control, this series explores some lesser known and underused practices that can make a fundamental difference to the success of a project.
While the word “environment” is most often associated these days with “being green,” the meaning in this series relates to the world that a planned change will operate in, and all of the aspects of that world that the planned change will disrupt, improve, add to, or eliminate.
To arrive at your project world view, consider the impact a change has on the following areas as early as possible in the project life cycle and update that view as the project progresses and as new insights are gained. Consider the affect the planned change has on the current state (what exists today that may change as a result of the planned change) as well as the future state (what is …
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