This half-day workshop is designed to make project managers and change practitioners understand each other on a journey to reach the final outcomes and recognize the benefits of change. This result-orientated workshop teaches the participants how and when to integrate change plans into project plans, and how to manage the change that the project brings in order to meet the project objectives and deliver the expected outcomes.

Learning objectives

The benefits of this workshop are:

  • Define change management
  • Lay the foundation for applying change management on projects to improve outcomes through increased adoption
  • Identify impacted employee groups
  • Understand how change management drives better adoption and usage
  • Build a common language and vision for change management
  • Learn how to build support for change management with project teams

This workshop is most beneficial to project managers and project team members. It is also appropriate for anyone who would like to use a structured approach to manage change in future projects – solution developers, organizational developers, etc.

Program Agenda

  • Define change management in the context of your project (Intent, Objectives, Scope, Workstreams, Milestones, Deliverables, Timelines)
  • How we can integrate project management and change management (people, processes and tools)
  • Perform a cost benefit analysis (What it takes to get started, The payoff of change management)

Course materials included in the package:

  • Participants will receive a program workbook, placemat and assessments

This program covers the following topics:

  • Value of change management
  • Benefits of change management in the organization and in the projects
  • Cost benefits of change management
  • Defining the ROI of change management in the project
  • How to integrate change management into project management
  • ADKAR® Model overview
  • Prosci® Change Management methodology overview
  • People risk assessment
  • 5 change management levers
  • Change Management Scorecard

Prerequisite: none

Pre-work:

1. Select one of your projects and complete the prework (you will receive the Prework Pack by e-mail after submitting your application)

2. Listen to/Read the ADKAR®: A model for Change in Business, Government, and Our Community book by Jeffrey Hiatt (Chapter 1–9, reading time 1 to 2 hours)

3. Log on to the Prosci Portal
A week before the program, you will receive an e-mail from portal@prosci.com. Please make sure to login prior to the workshop and report any issues as soon as possible to us. We shall solve the issue before the workshop.

To successfully participate in the workshop you need

  • A laptop with access to Prosci® Portal
  • A copy of your completed pre-work
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