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HELP! In need of case studies on 2nd order transformation change initiatives

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RIZWANA NARVEL Director - Enterprise Excellence| King Abdullah Financial District- KSA Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
where can i find approved case studies on transformation change initiatives where both project and change managers were involved.

I need a few case studies to analyze for my masters thesis. my topic is around analyzing case studies where both project management and change management teams were involved - to see what worked and what didn't work and what were the causes?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Jan 23, 2022 9:01 PM
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Thank you Kiron. Could you elaborate on your last statement?

Appreciate it
Rizwana
Sure - the existing PM standards were focused on prescriptive processes and artifacts which various roles produced over a project's lifetime. With an adaptive approach, the nature of the artifacts changed as well as how they were completed, so the CMs needed guidance in understanding how best to engage with the other delivery team members when requirements, end user content and so on was evolving over the life of the change development.

Kiron
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
I can think of many times where CM and PM had to collaborate extensively in my own experience, but that doesn't help you with published case studies. To find the right search terms, I would dissect your question in more detail.

The way you have phrased the subject of your thesis is a logical fallacy known as "begging the question". It starts with an unsupported assertion that: "academic research has shown that project and change managers are unable to collaborate". I both find that surprising and question the validity. After all, if a project implements configuration management tools, CM is a prime customer The unsupported statement must be true for your case studies to be exceptions because if A is actually false, than B are not exceptions.

To address that, I would use the academic research you have that says it is true, and evaluate why they are unable to collaborate such as organizational conflict, configuration management requirements, etc. Now you can search for case studies addressing specific problems. For example, if it was because of the configuration management requirements, then projects changing the config mgmt systems would require both PM and CM to collaborate.
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
Jan 23, 2022 8:05 AM
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Rizwana -

This is an interesting observation - while it is valid that lower maturity organizations, to their detriment, might not engage change management skills when undertaking transformational projects, most of the larger, more mature (from a PM perspective) companies I worked with made sure to include seasoned CM practitioners from the early stages of an initiative to support the business lead and PM in achieving a sustainable change.

Kiron
My own experience is that change management is leveraged effectively on large projects that can afford to have dedicated change management teams. Smaller projects expect the project manager to take on multiple roles, including change management.
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