From the course: Change Management for Projects

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Change management in the project lifecycle

Change management in the project lifecycle

From the course: Change Management for Projects

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Change management in the project lifecycle

- Change management takes place throughout the project lifecycle and sometimes it's hard to separate change activities from the project activities, and because they're so woven together, I want to walk you through the people side of change in a project lifecycle, but focused mainly on the people skills, not the project management process. Let's see how it all comes together. In order for the changes to stick, change management activities should always run alongside a project and be fully integrated within the project. First let's focus on the continuous set of activities which is all about individuals and change. This is all about you, the project manager. They need to understand how people are affected emotionally. They journey through the change curve, how this states to resistance, and consider the learning needs of affected stakeholders. Another continuous set of activities are the stakeholder engagement and communications. Although it seems obvious, the earlier you identify…

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