SUMMER 2005JUNE 6-10 2005

Preparing an Organizational Change

Management Plan

Org Change Management Activities by Project Phase

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ASAP Roadmap

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Project Preparation

Activities:

Coordinate Core Team TrainingDevelop core team training plan. Conduct SAP Level 1 training (SAP 020) on site & communicate Level 2 courses to WA core team members for attendance at SAP training sites.

Define a Change Management Strategy and Plan

Develop a change management strategy that identifies key change management activities and supporting tasks by ASAP phase.

Design Communication Strategy & Plan

Design a communication strategy, including goals & objectives, principles, stakeholders, approach, themes, messages, channels, communication vehicles as well as measures of success. Design implementation communication plan which will include what to communicate to whom, by whom, through what medium and at what time.

Design Project Measurement Scorecard

Support project management in the development of a project measurement scorecard.

Design Project Logo & Project Initiation (Kickoff)

Design a project brand & logo. Plan & coordinate the project kickoff.

Core Team Training Schedule and Budget Estimate

Change Management & Communication Strategy’s

Project Measurement Scorecard

Project Brand & Logo

Project Initiation (Kickoff)1/21/02 – 3/29/02

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Business BlueprintBusiness Blueprint

Activities:

Implement & Modify Communication Plan

Implement & monitor the plan. Modify plan based on interim feedback.

Develop Roles Strategy

Develop a Roles Strategy establishing the process by which Role Profiles will be developed, validated, and tracked and establishing the process by which end users will be matched to roles.

Conduct a Training Needs Analysis & Develop an End User Training Strategy

Conduct a training needs analysis to assess training needs by functional area, by organizational operating unit, by ERM functionality. Develop an end user training strategy to correspond with other project activities such as design documentation development. The learning solutions strategy will address building, delivering and maintaining the learning solution.

Develop Super User Strategy

Design of a Super User Strategy outlining Super User’s role & responsibilities, selection criteria and training requirements.

Communication Deliverables

Roles Strategy

Training Needs Analysis & End User Training Strategy

Super User Strategy

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RealizationRealization

Activities:

Implement & Modify Communication Plan

Implement & monitor the plan. Modify plan based on interim feedback.

Develop End User Training

Develop end user training in accordance with the end user training strategy.

Conduct Super User Training

Conduct Super User training in accordance with the Super User strategy.

Align Organizational Structurewith Software Model (Implement Roles Strategy)

Work with process teams to segment work processes into roles, develop jobs and determine key behaviors/pre-requisite training required to sustain performance.

Develop Job Role Profiles Work with process teams & security to develop job role profiles identifying role based training, responsibilities, job impact tables etc.

Assess Skills & Job Match End UsersForm job matching teams to assess end user skills, match employees to redesigned jobs & validate job role profiles.

Communication Deliverables

Develop Change Management Deliverables

Super User Training

Job Role Profiles

Assess Skills & Job Match

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Final PreparationFinal Preparation

Activities:

Implement Site Specific Communication Plan

Implement & monitor site specific communication plan. Modify plan based on interim feedback.

Communicate Job Role Profiles

Communicate job role profiles to end users.

Train End Users

Roll out training. Training roll out will coincide with transition phasing to minimize the delay between receipt of training and actual use of the new functionality.

Communication Deliverables

End User Training

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Go Live and SupportGo Live and Support

Activities:

Conduct Implementation OCM Activities

Conduct site specific implementation OCM activities.

Align Organizational Design with

Performance Management System

Integrate new organizational chart & job profile information into performance management system.

Design Post Implementation Support Organization’s Strategic & Tactical Organization Design

Design high level structure, job hierarchy, roles, responsibilities & performance metrics for post implementation support personnel.

Conduct Implementation OCM Activities

Design Post Implementation Support Strategic & Tactical Organization Design

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Assumptions Who will do what.. Budget assumptions

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Create A Org. Change Mgmt Strategy Document

Why is org change mgmt important? Primary objective of org change management (brief statement) Audience of org change management Benefits Roles – who will do what for Org. Change Mgmt? How will they be involved?

Key Executives Super Users End Users Consultants

Communication Plan Knowledge Transfer

Super Users Consultants Any tools for knowledge transfer? Databases, documentation?

1-2 page word document Very easy to read. Your audience is executives, consultants and SAP team.