Corwin Corporation Change Analysis: Impact and Mitigation Strategies

This report presents a change analysis for the Corwin Corporation, a manufacturing company known for its high-quality products. The analysis begins with an introduction to Corwin's background, including its organizational structure and a recent project with the Peter Company. The report then delves into change control processes, change impact analysis, and proposed changes with risk mitigation strategies. It further explores organizational structure changes, communication strategies, and provides recommendations for improvement. Key areas of focus include corrective and preventive actions, defect repair, and the importance of proper planning and risk assessment. The report highlights the need for better time management, budget control, and allocation of personnel to ensure project success. Appendices include a project/software change request form and a change log to track and manage changes effectively.

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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

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time the results were marginally unacceptable. No time was provided to imbibe change in the
process. Hence from next time it is recommended to perform the change and perform better
analysis.
Change Impacts Analysis
Change Probability Impact Score
1. Betterment of
Communication process
High Medium 6
2. Performing scheduling of the
tasks
Medium Medium 5
3. Performing cost
management
High High 8
4. Employee training Medium High 7
Table 1: Change Impact analysis
(Created by Author)
Proposed Changes Risk Mitigation
Risks present in the system are as follows: -
1. The budget set must be tested before accepting the project
The budget that is being provided to Corwin Corporation, acts as a major risk. This
risk indicates the fact that improper management of the project was performed as per
channelling of the system.
Mitigation: Proper planning of budget and including risk mitigation terminology
before initiation of the project will be helpful.
2. Time span that will be provided must be checked as per developing of the schedule,

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As the time span provided was short, the main advantage that is present includes
improper management of the system. At the end of the project, Corwin Corporation faced
lack of time as the major issue.
Mitigation: Scheduling timeline
3. Providing manager who is good in internal project an external project.
West is an efficient manager who performs internal projects very well, Royce had
appointed him to perform an external project. This itself is a risk and affects the functioning
of the project.
Mitigation: Allocating proper individuals for managing of the project.

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Organisational structure changes and communication
Figure 1: Organizational Structure
(Created by Author)
Communication: This organizational structure helps in better processing of the
compartmentalizing of process. This includes the fact that proper communication in each
section will take place. Hence the management of the project will get better.

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Conclusion
From the above discussion, it can be stated that the functional process of Corwin
Corporation, has been one of the major advantages as the quality of products that is provided
by them is considered to be their major strength. This is one of the major reasons that the
Corwin has been sustaining in market for a prolonged period. In case of better management
of the project, gaining of new clients got easier and Peter company was one of the major
organizations that collaborated with Corwin Corporation. Despite this collaboration,
improper management structure affected the functionality of Corwin Corporation.
Recommendation
 Proper developing of a timeline for estimation of the project completion
 Proper performing of the budget in order to estimate the cost that might be incurred
 Allocation of proper individuals for proper projects.

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Appendices
Appendix A
Project/Software Change
Request Form
Change request number: 01
The following section is to be completed by the customer requesting the
change.
Failure in
project
completion
Change reason:
High
Change Impact:
Requested completion date:
Title of change: Change Analysis
Description of business
problem:
Lack of time management
Impact of NOT implementing
the change, and alternatives.
failure in projects
Describe how the system
should behave:
Should perform as per the scheduled time
The following section is to be completed by the Technical
Team.
Estimate to complete: Customer hours Analyst
hours
Developer
hours
Tester
hours
Total
hours
Planning 2 3 2 1 8
Analysis 1 1 1 2 5
Design 1 2 3 2 8
Construction 2 1 2 2 7
Testing 3 2 1 6
Training 1 4 1 1 7
Deployment 2 1 3
Total hours 12 14 10 8 44

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Schedule impact: High
Cost impact: High
Resource impact: High
Appendix B
Change Log
Column Instructions For Completing This Document
Complete the Project Name, NC, Project Manager Name, and Project Description fields
For each change request identified, complete the following:
A ID: A unique ID number used to identify the change request in the change management tracking log.
B Current Status: This column should be populated with the change request's current status.
o Open: The change request is currently open but has not yet been addressed.
o Work In Progress: The change request is being actively worked to develop a resolution.
o Closed: The change request is no longer considered an active project threat and can be closed with or without
resolution.
Some other potential options include:
o Late: The change request resolution is not yet resolved and it is past the expected resolution date.
o On Hold: The change request has been put on hold.
o Combined: Two change requests found to be similar have been combined.
C Priority: This column should be populated with the priority of the change request. Valid options include the
following: High, Medium, Low. These are defined as follows:
o Critical: change request will stop project progress if not resolved.
o High: change request will likely move the project back in terms of budget or timeline, or will materially affect
quality or scope.
o Medium: change request will have material effect on project, has potential to be moved to high category
and/or requires significant resources to manage.
o Low: change request is expected to have a moderate effect on the project, but will require resources to
address.
D Change Request Description: This column should be populated with a description of the change request.
E Assigned to Owner: This column should be populated with the name of the change requests owner. The
individual most responsible for working towards resolving the change request.
F Expected Resolution Date: This column should be populated with the date that the change request is expected
to be resolved.
G Escalation Required (Y/N): This column should be populated with “Yes” if the change request needs to be
escalated and “No” if escalation is not needed to resolve the change request.
H Action Steps: This column should be populated with the proposed steps to address the change request.
Examples include, but are not limited to, developing alternatives analysis or submitting a change request.
I Impact Summary: This column should be populated with a description of the impact of the change request.
The impact may be expressed in terms of one or more of the following: schedule, scope, resources, and space.
The impact description should also include a reference to any milestones impacted.
J Change Request Type: This column should be populated with the change request type. Valid options include
the following: Product, Project, Other. These are defined as follows:
o Product: The change request impacts the products being developed.
o Project: The change request impacts the project developing the product.
o Other: The change request impacts other areas.
K Date Identified: This column should be populated with the date that the change request was identified.

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L Associated ID(s): This column should contain the project ID of any associated milestones that may be impacted
by a change request or that the change request is dependent upon for resolution. Please note, this value may
require coordination with other program/project managers.
M Entered By: This column should be populated with the name of the individual who first identified the change
request.
N Actual Resolution Date: This column should be populated with the date that the change request was actually
resolved.
O Final Resolution & Rationale: This column should be populated with a description of the final resolution of and
rationale for the change request. The resolution may be expressed in terms of one or more of the following:
schedule, scope, resources, and space. The resolution description should also include a reference to the
milestones impacted.
Column Instructions for Changing the Contents of Drop-Down Menus
B, C G,
J
Highlight the cell where you wish to change the content of the drop down menu.
From the file menu click "Data" -> "Validation" and change the content of the source field.
Column Instructions For Filtering Data
Any Highlight the header of the cell you wish to filter data on.
From the file menu click "Date" -> "Filter" ->"Auto Filter".
Then select your filter criteria from the drop down menu that appears on your header cell.