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How to Create a Project Initiation Document (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

Before you can start a project — even before you can plan it — you first need to define the project in detail. This allows the project manager to get buy-in from the project’s key stakeholders and ensure all the research has been done to move into the planning phase without any hiccups. What Is a Project Initiation Document (PID)?

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What Is Change Management? Process & Models Explained

ProjectManager.com

To best plan and respond to change, first, a clear definition of change management must be understood. What Is Change Management? The term change management refers to the actions, tools and models implemented to manage different types of change either at the project or organizational level.

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Scrum Master Skills We Rarely Talk About: Change Management

Scrum.org

In this post, I want to dive a little deeper into the subject of Change Management. Yes, we always mention that Scrum Master is a Change Agent but in my subjective point of view, we do not get deep enough into the domain of Change Management. Let's now explore the essence of Change Management.

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Change Management in Transformation Projects : A Look Back at Some of the Essentials

The IIL Blog

By Olivia LE JEUNE and Jean-Roch HOULLIER Change management can be defined as all the operations carried out within an organization to enable it to adapt to change and environmental evolution. Here’s an insight based on our experience of change management within our projects.

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How to Make a Change Management Plan

ProjectManager.com

A change management plan can be the difference between project success and failure. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you how to create the right change management plan for your project. In Review – How to Make a Change Management Plan. What Makes Up a Change Management Plan? Thanks for watching!

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How Change Management Fits Into Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, How Change Management Fits Into Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. Way back when I started managing projects, change management was a specific role in large organisations. Big projects – and lucky project managers – had their own Business Change Manager.

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Why Proactive Change Management is the Right Approach to Transformation (Part 1)

Planview

It’s true in business — it’s certainly true in life — and it’s why proactive change management matters. As often as we humans must respond to change, you’d think we’d have a higher success rate with big changes at work, such as business transformations. Turns out that’s not the case.