Implementation of Change Management to Complete Project Deadline

This project focuses on the implementation of change management strategies to ensure projects are completed within their deadlines. It begins with a project justification, emphasizing the importance of change management in addressing issues like late project delivery and declining brand value. The scope of the project involves defining and implementing change management processes, encompassing deliverables, objectives, and various tasks. The project objectives include establishing change management practices and fostering a culture of change within the organization. It identifies potential risks, such as cost-related issues, scope definition problems, stakeholder conflicts, and skill gaps, along with mitigation actions. The project deliverables encompass organizational requirements, planning phases, risk assessments, and execution strategies. Criteria for acceptance include efficient change handling, adherence to processes, the use of supportive tools, and management commitment. The project also outlines exclusions, constraints, and assumptions related to organizational size, operational changes, and project timelines. A detailed budget, including task durations, resource allocation, and associated costs, is provided. The project concludes with a sign-off from a workplace mentor and a comprehensive bibliography.

Running head: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT TO COMPLETE
PROJECT WITHIN DEADLINE
Implementation of change management to complete project within
deadline
Name of the Student
Name of the University

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Table of Contents
Project Justification.........................................................................................................................3
Scope description.............................................................................................................................3
Project objectives.............................................................................................................................3
Risks................................................................................................................................................4
Project deliverables..........................................................................................................................5
Criteria for acceptance.....................................................................................................................6
Exclusions and constraints...............................................................................................................6
Assumptions....................................................................................................................................7
Budget..............................................................................................................................................7
Sign-off from workplace mentor.....................................................................................................8
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................9

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Project Justification
This project will help in implementing change management in order to complete project
with deadline. There have been various cases in which projects are not completed within
deadline. Therefore, several organizations have been losing their projects from clients due to late
delivery. The brand value of organizations have been decreasing due to poor quality of project
deliverable. This problem will be minimized by organizing this project. This project will help in
focusing on different factors including external and internal factors that create problems in the
project.
Scope description
The scope of the project is to implement change management in the project management.
A change management has been a process that helps in defining steps used for identifying and
modifying changes in the project. The scope pf this project include deliverables, objectives,
functions and several tasks to be done in the project. The project scope focuses on implementing
change management process in the projects for completing them within deadline. The change
include both external and internal factors in the project. It ensures that the project will be
completed within deadline and budget allocated. All the efforts done will help in development of
organization. The scope of this project will also encourage changes in policies for strategic
management of the project.
Project objectives
The objectives of the project has been depended on the development of changes in the
organizations for making efficient projects within deadline.

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Following are the objectives of this project:
 To implement change management practices in projects for completing within deadline.
 To establish culture of change in the organization in order to complete tasks within
deadline.
Risks
Risks Description Impact on
project
Probabilit
y
Mitigation
Actions
Responsible
person
Cost related Low
allocation of
cost for the
project
Several
resources for
the project
cannot be
utilized.
The
probability
of cost
related
risks is very
high.
More financial
investors need
to be included
in the project
Project
Manager
Scope Scope of the
project has
not been
properly
defined
The
procedure of
project
might
change and
create
obstacles.
The
probability
of scope
has been
medium.
The scope of
project needs to
be improved
and well-
defined.
Project
Manager
Stakeholder
conflicts
Change
requests may
be the source
of
stakeholder
conflict.
It create
conflicts in
project
handling and
might cause
failure.
The
probability
of
stakeholder
conflicts
has been
high.
Proper
communication
among
stakeholders for
avoiding
conflicts.
Project
Manager
Lack of skills Lack in
skilled and
qualified
employees in
the project
Lack in
skilled team
members
causes
missed
deadline and
poor quality
of work in
The
probability
of lack of
skill have
been
medium.
Providing
proper training
and motivation
to team
members
related to the
project helps in
gaining skills
Project
manager

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the project. and knowledge.
Design
failure
Poor design
of the project
might led to
failure of
project.
Poor design
led to
improper
direction for
completing
the project
and takes
long time for
completing
with no
surety of
success.
The
probability
of design
failures
have been
high.
Proper
designing
during planning
process of the
project.
Project
manager
Project deliverables
The deliverables of the project will include all requirements of the organizations
including analyzing businesses and need of modification. The planning phase will include scope
of the project and planning done with the stakeholders of the organization. There will be a
schedule prepared for proper breakdown of the tasks. After that risks assessment will be done by
identifying risks involved in the project. The execution of proposal will be done with the help of
the planning stage and design of the project.
Criteria for acceptance
There are various criteria for acceptance of the project mentioned below:
Efficient and prompt handling of changes: This refers to providing value and justifying
change management process.
Change handling meet processes: There should be timely and successful change
implementations without any unanticipated change related to incidents and customer satisfaction.

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Various tools supporting and change management process: As the process is established,
various tools might be supporting and not hinder the progress of process outcomes.
Management commitment to change management: Leadership has been playing a key
role in setting attitude, culture and behavior of organizational behavior for achieving desired
outcomes.
Exclusions and constraints
Exclusions are those things that are outside of the project boundaries. This project does
not include the name of the organization as this project has been applicable to all type of
organizations. The impact of changes in the organization after the project has not been included
in the scope of the project. There has no development of decision model included in the project.
The constraints of the project include availability of funding for the project. The resource
allocation system has been included in the project. A proper budget allocation for resources have
been include. The time frame has been maintained in the project for completing to within
deadline. The involvement of higher authority of management has been present in this project.
The project has been following all ethical consideration in the process. The involvement of
stakeholders have been included in the project. Change management activities required for the
implementation of course scheduling policies and procedures.
Assumptions
There are various assumptions included in the project including the size of the
organizations. It has been assumed that the size of the organization has been medium to large
companies. Therefore, the change management in those companies can be done properly. The
change in the organization operations have been assumed to be in a positive manner. It has been

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assumed that results of the changes are positive in the organization. The time frame for the
project has been already assumed to be of 273 days. It has been assumed that the project will
finished with this time period.
Budget
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Change management in project 273 days Mon 12/10/18 Wed 12/25/19
Phase 1: Initiation 51 days Mon 12/10/18 Mon 2/18/19
Organizational Requirements 30 days Mon 12/10/18 Fri 1/18/19
Analyzing Business 10 days Mon 12/10/18 Fri 12/21/18
Analyze Modifications 15 days Mon 12/24/18 Fri 1/11/19
Solution for the identified problems 5 days Mon 1/14/19 Fri 1/18/19
Resources Identification 5 days Wed 2/6/19 Tue 2/12/19
Stakeholders 4 days Wed 2/13/19 Mon 2/18/19
Phase 2: Planning 40 days Tue 2/19/19 Mon 4/15/19
Stakeholder Communication 9 days Tue 2/19/19 Fri 3/1/19
Scope development 5 days Mon 3/4/19 Fri 3/8/19
Scheduling project 9 days Mon 3/11/19 Thu 3/21/19
Work breakdown 5 days Mon 3/11/19 Fri 3/15/19
Assigning predecessors 4 days Mon 3/18/19 Thu 3/21/19
Schedule prepared 0 days Thu 3/21/19 Thu 3/21/19
Risk Management 17 days Fri 3/22/19 Mon 4/15/19
Risks identification 7 days Fri 3/22/19 Mon 4/1/19
Risks prioritization 5 days Tue 4/2/19 Mon 4/8/19
Countermeasures 5 days Tue 4/9/19 Mon 4/15/19
Phase 3: Execution 122 days Tue 4/16/19 Wed 10/2/19
Design and approval 77 days Tue 4/16/19 Wed 7/31/19
System implementation documentation 25 days Tue 4/16/19 Mon 5/20/19
Approval on the project 0 days Wed 7/31/19 Wed 7/31/19
Training 24 days Thu 8/1/19 Tue 9/3/19
Training to employees 5 days Thu 8/1/19 Wed 8/7/19
Training completed 0 days Tue 9/3/19 Tue 9/3/19
Implementation 21 days Wed 9/4/19 Wed 10/2/19
Introducing Modifications 5 days Fri 9/13/19 Thu 9/19/19
Software implementation 0 days Wed 10/2/19 Wed 10/2/19
Phase 3: Monitoring and controlling 30 days Thu 10/3/19 Wed 11/13/19
User Test 9 days Thu 10/3/19 Tue 10/15/19
Feedback collection 5 days Wed 10/16/19 Tue 10/22/19
Phase 4: Termination 30 days Thu 11/14/19 Wed 12/25/19

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User Support 9 days Thu 11/14/19 Tue 11/26/19
Project documentation 8 days Wed 11/27/19 Fri 12/6/19
Resource
Name Type Materia
l Label
Initial
s
Grou
p
Max.
Units
Std.
Rate
Ovt.
Rate
Cost/
Use
Accrue
At
Base
Calenda
r
Project
manager
Wor
k PM 100
%
$30.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Software
developer
Wor
k SD 100
%
$20.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Business
representativ
e
Wor
k BR 100
%
$20.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Project team Wor
k PT 100
%
$10.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Project
sponsor
Wor
k PS 100
% $0.00/hr $0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Business
technical
team
Wor
k BT 100
%
$15.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Business
staff
Wor
k BS 100
%
$10.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Business
owner
Wor
k BO 100
% $0.00/hr $0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Business
analyst
Wor
k BA 100
%
$15.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
External
users view
Wor
k EU 100
%
$10.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
Resource
Manager
Wor
k RM 100
%
$15.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
IT staffs Wor
k IS 100
%
$15.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard
System
Analyst
Wor
k SI 100
%
$15.00/
hr
$0.00/
hr $0.00 Prorate
d Standard

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Sign-off from workplace mentor
Mr. A (Workplace Mentor)
_____________________

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