Course description
Master the art of change management with our comprehensive 8-hour course designed specifically for IT projects. Learn how to effectively manage changes, minimize disruptions, and keep your project on track. This course delves into the essentials of change management, providing practical strategies and best practices to lead through change successfully.
In this course, you will explore key topics such as:
· The importance of change management in IT projects.
· Developing a robust process plan for managing project changes.
· Setting up and handling change requests from the customer side.
· Leading teams through change and the significance of effective change management.
· Best practices for creating a change management plan.
· Understanding the PD-06-3-01-0-LUX change management process.
· Identifying the impact of change requests on project scope and preventing scope creep.
Hands-on training components include practical exercises and real-world scenarios to reinforce your learning and application of these concepts.
This 8-hour course on Change Management in Project Management provides a comprehensive understanding of the importance of change management in IT and how to effectively manage changes in a project. The course covers the process plan, set up of the change request from the customer side, and requirements. It also focuses on leading through change, the importance of change management, best practices for a change management plan, and change management processes. Additionally, the course addresses the impact of change requests on project scope and how to prevent scope creep.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
· Grasp the critical role of change management in IT projects.
· Create and implement an effective process plan for managing project changes.
· Efficiently set up and manage change requests from customers.
· Lead teams through change with confidence, using proven change management techniques.
· Develop and execute a best practice change management plan.
· Apply the PD-06-3-01-0-LUX change management process in their projects.
· Assess the impact of change requests on project scope and implement strategies to prevent scope creep.
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
Prerequisites
- Have experience in participating in projects of any kind;
- The absence of practical experience is allowed if compensated by preliminary theoretical preparation, active interest in the topic, and readiness to use all efforts to keep up with the rest of the participants (who likely have more experience).
Training content
- Approach to change management in IT (theory 0,5h; practice 0,5h)
- Importance of change management (theory 0,5h; practice 0,5h)
- Change management plan (theory 1h; practice 1h):
- best practices, and
- PD-06-3-01-0-LUX.
- Change requests (theory 0,5h; practice 2h):
- Impact of change requests on different aspects of a project.
- Leading through change (theory 0,5h; practice 1h)
Total: Theory 3h (38%), Practice 5h (62%). There are optional tasks used depending on group requests.
Certification / Credits
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the importance of change management in IT projects.
2. Develop an effective process plan for managing changes in a project.
3. Set up a change request from the customer side and identify requirements.
4. Lead through change and understand the importance of effective change management.
5. Develop a best practices change management plan.
6. Understand the PD-06-3-01-0-LUX change management process plan.
7. Identify the impact of change requests on project scope and learn strategies to prevent scope creep.
Please note that the course does not cover:
· People management aspect of change management;
· Soft skills development;
· Expert topics of project management;
· Configuration and defect management tools.
· Project size estimation, project planning, and monitoring;
· Effective team building, negotiations, and meetings.
These topics are covered in separate courses of the Project Management Class (see Related courses).
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