Corwin Corporation Change Analysis

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Change Impacts Analysis...........................................................................................................4
Proposed Changes Risk Mitigation............................................................................................5
Organisational structure changes and communication...............................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
Recommendation........................................................................................................................8
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Corwin is one of the leafing brands in the manufacturing sector. Quality of products
that are manufactured by Corwin Corporation has always been high. In case the management
process. Corwin has a fixed organizational structure that has been controlling the business
organization ever since. Corwin Corporation had contracted a deal with the Peter Company.
Peter company has a bad name of being a tough client. This report will discuss about the
change control process, changes that are required in the functioning of Corwin Corporation.
Change impact analysis is also stated in the report. Proposed change risk mitigation processes
will also be stated in this report. Changes in organizational structure will also be stated along
with the recommendations.
Change Control
Change management practise is the sequence of processes or steps that are
implemented for introducing the required changes that will be benefitting the functionality of
the pre intended outcomes. These steps are taken by the project leader or the personnel who is
in charge of the entire process.
The models that can be used in performing change control includes Kurt Lewin’s
three-step “Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze” model, Proski’s ADKAR® Model, Kotter’s 8-Step
Model of Change.
The basic steps that must be followed for the processing of the change management
process includes choosing the right change agent. This process will require personnel who
will be having strong communication process, flexibility and adaptability and setting of
proper priorities based on the demand of the situation. Making the change desirable and
relevant to the project is also an important factor. Proper communication of the change in all
the department is also important as this will help in maintaining of transparency of the

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business hierarchy. Change must be brought in proper and relevant time. In case the change
that is brought in is in irrelevant time the major issue that will be faced by business
organization includes termination and failing of several projects. Regularly meeting with the
change team is also very important. Understanding of their plans are very important.
Providing sufficient time to employees in order to gain proper stability in the new system.
Corwin project changes identification (what the required changes are)
The steps that must be implemented in order to perform change identification includes
performing of corrective action, performing of preventive action, repairing the sections that
are defected and providing proper updates to the system.
Corrective action: Corrective actions includes proper scheduling of projects for the
future projects. This process is performed with the help of proper analysis of issues that
occurred in the previous project. In case of Corwin Corporation, issue regarding improper
planning and execution of the project is made. This ensures that the functional entity is
affected as per the processing. The project was a failure because no proper planning was
made and hence when the functional process started the cost kept in increasing.
Preventive action: With inclusion of preventative action change request, forecasting
of risk that might occur during the completion of the project is stated. This ensures that
proper measures are taken in order to commemorate the project. In case of Corwin
Corporation, no risk identification was performed by West before starting of the project. In
case risk estimation would have been performed, exceeding of budget issue as well as
underperforming as per time provided.
Defect repairing is mainly focused with the identification of defects that are present in
the project and the repairing the same or just replacing them acts beneficial. In case of
Corwin Corporation, testing of the projects were performed in serial manner and almost every