Agile Change Management : A Practical Framework for Successful Change Planning and Implementation

The concept of agile working has been adopted by many organizations that recognize the need to respond quickly and easily to new opportunities in a world of complex and continuous change.Agile Change Management offers best practice advice for planning and implementing change projects. Concrete tools help deliver projects successfully and realize benefits earlier on in the process.By emphasizing and encouraging collaborative practices, the book illustrates how to build trust, influence and motivate others, and create a roadmap that outlines all the processes, activities and information needed to manage any type of change initiative. With advice for creating the right environment for change the book explains: who should be involved at each stage in the life style cycle, what tasks need to be completed at each stage, the concept of change in both large scale transformational programs and micro-level business projects, and the needs and benefits behind change strategies. Along with a practical toolkit of materials available both online and in the book, Agile Change Management is essential reading for anyone who wants to develop the competencies of an effective change manager working in any project or program. Contents Introduction 01 Concept Explaining agile working Evolving solution Business need Iterative process Iterative development Collaboration 02 Principles Five guiding principles 03 Roadmap Introduction Part 1: Developing a roadmap Considerations for use Using the roadmap Part 2: Applying the roadmap to your change Iteration 1 Iteration 2 and subsequent iterations 04 Business need Introduction What is business need? Assigning information to type Bringing the elements of business need together Aligning business need to the roadmap Developing your business understanding Understanding who to involve Generating information about the change Identifying requirements and acceptance criteria Defining the impact of the change Conclusion 05 Relationship building Introduction Understand yourself before understanding others Personal awareness Personal leadership Building relationships with others Who to build a relationship with Steps in building relationships Conclusion 06 Environment Introduction Setting the scene Environment needs to provide reassurance Environment needs to provide encouragement Building a sustaining environment Environment needs to provide motivation Conclusion Appendix 1 Change roles Appendix 2 Change management documents Appendix 3 Communication activities Appendix 4 Change activity index Appendix 5 Change capabilities index Resources Index **The concept of agile working has been adopted by many organizations that recognize the need to respond quickly and easily to new opportunities and be fit for purpose in a world of complex and continuous change. Combining cutting edge techniques, __Agile Change Management__ offers pioneering tools to ensure your change initiative is embedded, adopted and delivers benefits throughout the organization.** Including examples and best practice advice, it enables you to create your own roadmap consisting of all the processes, activities and information needed to manage any type of change initiative. By focusing on completing iterative tasks, the roadmap allows you to respond to different needs as they arise, therefore cutting time spent on planning for unnecessary resources. Also including important advice for creating the right environment for change, **__Agile Change Management__** is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wants to build the capabilities of an effective change manager. Online supporting resources include PDFs of appendices from the book on change roles, change management documents, change capabilities, a change activity index and communication activities. "The concept of agile working has been adopted by many organizations that recognize the need to respond quickly and easily to new opportunities and be fit for purpose in a world of complex and continuous change. Combining cutting edge techniques, Agile Change Management offers pioneering tools to ensure your change initiative is embedded, adopted and delivers benefits throughout the organization. Including examples and best practice advice it enables you to create your own roadmap consisting of all the processes, activities and information needed to manage any type of change initative. By focusing on completing iterative tasks, the roadmap allows you to respond to different needs as they arise, therefore cutting time spent on planning for unnecessary resources. Also including important advice for creating the right environment for change, Agile Change Management is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wants to build the capabilities of an effective change manager"-- Résumé de l'éditeur "The concept of agile working has been adopted by many organizations that recognize the need to respond quickly and easily to new opportunities and be fit for purpose in a world of complex and continuous change. Combining cutting edge techniques, Agile Change Management offers pioneering tools to ensure your change initiative is embedded, adopted and delivers benefits throughout the organization. Including examples and best practice advice it enables you to create your own roadmap consisting of all the processes, activities and information needed to manage any type of change initative. By focusing on completing iterative tasks, the roadmap allows you to respond to different needs as they arise, therefore cutting time spent on planning for unnecessary resources. Also including important advice for creating the right environment for change, Agile Change Management is a comprehensive resource for anyone who wants to build the capabilities of an effective change manager"-- Provided by publisher Develop the skills of an effective change manager and deliver long term, sustainable change with this collection of agile methodologies. Melanie Franklin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.