Plan Components
This high-level plan defines the scope, control, and monitoring of the change
What is Change Management Plan?
This ensures alignment between change and project timelines
What is Change Management Plan integration with Project Plan?
These allow teams to adjust based on actual performance
What are feedback mechanisms?
This outline segments the stakeholder audiences according to demographics, outcomes, and the roles stakeholder groups may have in a change effort.
What is "Target Audience" in communication plan?
This plan identifies what skills must be acquired by the workforce
What is the Learning and Development Plan?
This type of plan outlines the required personnel, equipment, and capabilities
What is the Resource Plan?
This plan includes coordination with project leadership
What is the Project Plan?
These informal sources can inform planning and adjustments of Change Management Plan
What are conversations or email responses?
This includes current baseline performance on key objectives and goals and track how those key indicators/objectives are affected throughout the change effort.
What is Measurement & Benefit Realization Plan?
This ensures behavioral change is part of adoption
What are behavior reinforcement mechanisms?
This identifies key individuals responsible for leading the change
What is the Sponsorship Plan?
This activity confirms that both project and change teams are aligned
What is reviewing and approving the Change Management Plan?
These formal processes measure plan effectiveness
What are performance monitoring mechanisms?
This details how and when impacts will be captured during the design, build, and implement phase of the project
What is Impact Assessment and Readiness Plan?
This addresses how the change will become part of everyday practice
What is the Sustainability Plan?
This sub-plan focuses on reaching and involving those affected by change
What is the Stakeholder Engagement Plan?
These meetings or reviews help prevent duplication of efforts
What are collaboration sessions with project leadership?
These plan activities are done in collaboration with the project leadership
What are change plan updates?
This plan ensures the costs of all resources supporting the change effort are appropriately budgeted for and approved in the overall project plan.
What is Resource Plan? (Financial resources)
These tools may be used to develop required skills
What are training programs or knowledge tools?
This specifies audiences, key messages, and feedback loops
What is the Communication Plan?
This tool is updated after approval of the Change Management Plan
What is the Project Schedule or Plan?
This process includes both qualitative and quantitative input at intervals
What is scheduled feedback collection?
The level of detail of this plan should reflect the complexity and risk of the change effort.
What is the Change Management Plan?
This ensures long-term ownership of the change
What is the sustainment and transition strategy?