Tools and Tips for Today's Project Manager

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Nothing remains static, least of all a project environment. Change is common, and it is easy to react to it. A better way to approach change is to manage it. The way to do that is to establish policies and procedures for identifying and evaluating changes, whether to designs, requirements, documents, training programs, and so on.

The benefits of change management are threefold. First, it allows the project manager and the team to respond, rather than react, to changes. Second, it encourages anticipating the impact of a change and taking appropriate actions to minimize or preclude negative impacts. Third, it instills confidence in everyone that the project manager has control of the project.

Effective change management has ...