5. To
have support from top management This is a vital point
and the bottleneck of the Change Management Process.
If we do not have this point covered, the percentage
of failure in our program is high and the activity can
become as unprofitable assignation of resources.
6. Document and formalize the CM
Plan This plan should include a training in technical
and process, as well as communications program toward
all the organization. Should start with the diagnostic
and finish with a report at the end of project with
recommendations for continuing with the change
management cycle. An important part of the plan is to
chose and define roles for the team that will be
assisting you in the tasks, putting emphasis in
choosing personnel really committed and results
oriented.
7. Include activities in the
project General Gantt This responsibility should have
strong support in all levels of the project
organization chart; therefore, be followed in the same
way that the technical tasks are tracked in the
Project.
8. Check, act and start again A
series of activities will be derived from the plan,
and need to be followed and accomplished 100 per cent.
Changes can be required during project progress. High
management reports should include Change Reports.
These include revaluation and redefinition of specific
activities.
At the end of any stage of the
project, and even after project implementation, this
needs to be evaluated and decide if a new stage of
Change Management plan is needed.
Change Management is not a
process that is done once only, and it needs to have a
global view of the Company desired road. It is as
dynamic as your organization is; therefore continuous
review should be made and after all steps you should
start again with point number one.
A Graphic flow chart follows
this page.