e-Procurement: From Strategy to Implementation

Creating a Business Change Implementation Plan

A good project plan for any enterprise-wide e-procurement initiative should always include a specific plan for enterprise-wide change transition. There are many variations, but whichever approach you decide to take, I have found that the approach should adhere to two guiding principles. First, change management should be integrally intertwined with the project approach itself, not seen as a separate or parallel program run by organizational or behavioral specialists. Second, the plan should be organized at a level that is comparable to that of the technical design and implementation plan, with key activities, milestones, and deliverables. A business change transition plan should be of as much interest—if ...