Planning+Change

Before any change is undertaken it is essential that some pre planning should take place. Inadequate planning will inevitably create problems at a later stage. The key areas are the people, task definition and the action plan.

Understand the people
It is essential to understand the needs the people have regarding the change and also the personal concerns and potential responses.
 * [|Stakeholders in Change]: Who are they? How might they behave?
 * [|The Psychology of Change]: How will they react when they are told?
 * [|Resistance to Change]: How might they push back against the change?

Understand the task
Knowing what has to be done is essential. Evaluating the organisation and all the stakeholders is key.
 * [|Diagnosing Change]: Investigation to understand the need for change.
 * [|Scope of Change]: both 'what' and 'who' affect the size of the project.
 * [|Five Levels of Change]: From small to huge.

Build the plans
This is the outline of actions that should be done. Planning a pathway to making the change happen and ensuring the plans are resilient to any problems as they arise.


 * [|Styles of Change]: the style used should match the scope.
 * [|The Change Delivery Plan]: Creating an unstoppable train of events.
 * [|The Commitment Plan]: Bringing the people with you.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Sponsorship of Change]: You will need senior management support.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Cultural Change Planning]: Understanding links between thoughts and actions.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Change Strategy]: Approaches that can be used.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Four Change Strategies]: Four approaches you can use

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Common tools used for planning change

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Leavitt's Diamond <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. McKinsey 7S Framework 3. SIPOC <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. The Burke-Litwin Change Model <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. The Prosci ADKAR model

<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">References:
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/change_management/planning_change/planning_change.htm