Topic Teasers Vol. 31: Change Rests On You!

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  Change Management   Quality   Risk Management  

We have a massive internal change coming, and lucky me…I get to head the project! We have tried this before and had to pull back because of negative employee reactions. I know that this time we need some change management processes, too, but who is responsible to do that part of the project?

A. The good news is, it’s you. You need to take the responsibility and coordinate the change processes in with your usual team activities.

B.  The good news is, it’s not you. Focus on the project and on meeting your metrics of time, cost and quality as usual. Corporate management is responsible to make sure employees accept and use these new changes.

C. The PMO is “where the buck stops” when endeavors move from simple projects to create products or software and billow out to vague objectives like “employee acceptance” and “corporate compliance”.

D. Ask your manager. Your project charter is limited to producing the usual product or services and your team is not skilled or experienced in change management processes. Your manager can deal with getting the changes accepted and getting them to stick.

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Answer: A. The good news is, it’s you. You need to take the responsibility and coordinate the change …

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