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Nudge Theory and Cognitive Bias for Change Management

The Strategic Project Manager

More recently, Nudge Theory has been formalized in modern times by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, scholars at the University of Chicago, in their book, “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness” (2008). Status Quo Bias – This is a bias that frequently impacts change management initiatives.

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Lean Change Management – 4 Years Later

Agile Coach

That’s the reader’s digest of my life from 2008 to 2014. What started with the intent of telling a great story, spawned a global movement: ~10,000 copies of Lean Change Management have been sold factoring in all distribution channels. The inclusion of Lean Change Management in Harrisburg University’s change course.

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Leveraging Evidence-Based Management and Achieving Organizational Change through Larman’s Laws

Scrum.org

How can companies transition from the theoretical realm of change management principles to practical, tangible results? This section illuminates the journey by spotlighting A real-world example where an organization successfully harnessed the principles of Evidence-Based Management (EBM) and the insights of Larman’s Laws.

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Can the Words “Innovation” and “Project Management” Be Used In The Same Sentence?

The IIL Blog

According to management guru Peter Drucker, there are only two sources for growth: marketing and innovation [Drucker, 2008]. Innovation forces companies to adapt to an ever-changing environment and to be able to take advantage of opportunities as they arise. The change can be incremental or radical. REFERENCES.

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Part II: A Simplified Approach to Determine IT Project Complexity

PM Times

It will discuss why the Core IT Complexity model is a good approach for most IT organizations and why it is important to determine project complexity as an ongoing and integral part of the Change Management and Risk Management process. Their complexity modeling could be part of a larger overall Risk Management process.

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Webinar Recap: Do You Know How to Recover a Project?

MPUG

And welcome to today’s MPUG webinar, the Project Recovery Process. This was a project recovery process. Like I said, I know this area very, very well, very passionate about it as a PMO director for many, many years and a PMO manager. And so that’s what I’ve done is I’ve put together that process.

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Road Trippin’ Organizational Change: The Beginning

Project Management Essentials

An oft-cited statistic is that 70% of organizational change efforts fail. This metric is attributed to Hammer and Champy’s 1993 classic, “Reengineering the Corporation” and is reinforced by a 2008 McKinsey survey of executives. © 2019, Alan Zucker; Project Management Essentials, LLC. Planning is a Process, Not an Outcome.

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