\u003ch4\u003eBook Description\u003c/h4\u003eTransform your IT project and make change stick with this step-by-step guide.\n\nIn todayâs fast-paced world of change, companies expect you to do more, with less. Drawing on over a decade of Change Management experience as a consultant with Fortune 500 companies including IBM and NCR, Emily Carr shares the secrets to making change happen smoothly.\n\nIf your company is like most, the number one reason that projects have failed over the years donât have to do with technology. They have to do with people. People didnât like the new technology. People werenât trained properly on the change. People hadnât received adequate communications and didnât understand the change. Sound familiar?\nProject teams rarely forget to work on the technology, but they often forget to work with the people, and no matter how amazing your new technology is, itâs useless unless people use it efficiently.\n\nThis book will help you focus on the people.\n\nPacked with templates, checklists, and real-life examples, this user-friendly guide will provide you with the insights and guidance of an expert consultant, for a fraction of the price. Youâll follow a clearly laid out path from Change Management novice to confident and prepared change manager. Youâll be introduced to the Five Pillars of Change: Sponsorship, Stakeholder Management, Communication, Training, and Organization Design. You will work step-by-step through templates in each pillar to build and run a comprehensive Change Management plan tailor-made to your project and organization.\u003ch4\u003eWhat you will learn\u003c/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eQuickly begin to use Change Management tools to improve the success of your project Complete over 20 templates that address the most important Change Management activities and combine to form a comprehensive plan for sponsorship, stakeholder management, communications, and training Build strong relationships with the people and departments that can support you and your project Influence the leaders and end users whose involvement in your project is critical to its success Determine how your project will impact the people, processes, and systems in your company Create a communication plan that enables you to send the right message to the right people at the right time Proactively identify and mitigate âpeopleâ-risks to your project Build a training plan that enables your organization to adopt the change quickly and smoothly\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWho this book is for\u003c/h4\u003e
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