Introduction
One week ago (3rd of August) we published the third article in a series of eight about Change Management and the consequences for IT projects. It focused in-depth on creating a clear Vision. Having a clear vision is essential for positioning your IT projects from the right perspective. Having a clear vision is even more essential for generating the required motivation for your people to make changes in processes and embrace new technologies.
The experience from many different sources tells us that 75% of System Implementations fail to deliver their expected benefits. The one constant factor is that Change Management for People, Process and Technology is not appropriately addressed. Business leaders often do not realize enough how important this is or don´t know how to achieve it. Simply stated, but not so easily done.
This week we will look at step 4 (out of 8) of the model of Kotter: Communication.
You are encouraged to read further if you want to ensure your project ends up in the 25% quadrant.
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