Implementing new methods – a blueprint for success

Audience

Senior Operational Managers, Standards and Compliance officers, Financial Managers, Programme, Portfolio and Project Sponsors, Programme and Project Managers, Business Change managers

Background

Introducing new ways of working to an organisation is always a challenge, and especially so with new processes, procedures and methods because most people believe they are already doing things the best way.

Although there is usually careful consideration given to which method(s) to choose, actually getting everybody to then follow it needs even more thought because it requires people to change their behaviours.

The benefits of consistent use of procedures can be enormous, but only start to be realised once people start using the processes.

This course draws on the lecturers’ extensive experience of helping over 50 organisations adopt new methods, and provides delegates with a simple, pragmatic and proven blueprint for achieving successful implementations.

Objectives

On completion, delegates will understand how to:

• Describe the business drivers for introducing new methods
• Apply a proven process for implementation
• Explain the importance of business change, communications and training in adopting new methods
• Confirm the outcomes required  from the change
• Assess the readiness of the business for change
• Overcome typical objections to following a method
• Establish mechanisms for tracking the benefits
• Adapt a method to suit an organisation
• Create a continuous improvement culture
• Apply the approaches in a regulatory environment
• Describe how this approach supports industry-standard approaches such as CMMI and P3M3®

Course Content               

• Why change?: business drivers for new ways-of-working
• Eat our own dog food : implementation is a project
• Typical reasons for success/ failure
• Implementation process : a blueprint for success
• Defining outcomes and benefits for change
• Assessing readiness for change and maturity
• Helping people change their behaviours
• Adapting methods to suit local circumstances
• Continuous improvement models, Knowledge Management and local expertise
• Starting to measure the benefits of new ways-of-working
• Putting it all into practice

Duration

One day, in-house

Awards

n/a

Delivered by

This course is delivered in association with SMA

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