{"id":1070,"date":"2021-01-04T16:58:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miriamlanzetta.com\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:52:37","slug":"change-management-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miriamlanzetta.com\/en\/2021\/01\/04\/change-management-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to develop a Change Management Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Change management is an organized, systematic application of the knowledge, tools, and resources of change that provides organizations with a key process to achieve their business strategy.<\/p>Wanner, M. F. (2013). Integrated change management. Paper presented at PMI\u00ae Global Congress 2013\u2014North America, New Orleans, LA. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Today more than ever, the level of competitiveness of an organization is directly proportional to its ability to manage changes. Economic scenarios are constantly changing, people's needs change, and, along with them, organizations' needs to create value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how accurate and detailed our planning is: change is a natural component of any project and often occurs without allowing us to foresee it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the success of a project depends on how we manage change.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The penultimate edition of the study Best Practices in Change Management<\/strong>, developed by the US company Prosci<\/em>, showed a strong correlation between change management's effectiveness and the achievement of a project's objectives. The study revealed that an effective change management approach makes achieving project goals six times more likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This correlation is strengthened by the findings of the Pulse of the profession\u00ae 2018<\/strong><\/a>, the annual survey of the Project Management Institute<\/em>, which revealed that changes are the leading cause of projects' failure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hence, planning how to manage changes is the first step to avoid the failure of our project.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Change Management Plan defines the roles and activities to manage and control changes within a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changes will be measures against the project baselines<\/strong>, representing the detailed description of the project scope, costs, and schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to develop a Change Management Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Define the roles within the process<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

First of all, we need to identify who is involved in the change management process and at what level:<\/p>\n\n\n\n