Change – Project Management Discussion Group

Change: the future

The fourth and final article of the series about Change is now posted and available under the Pages section on the blog – here is the link. In this article I wanted to look at the future of change.

As pointed out by a report by the APM (the Association for Project Management) about the future of the project management profession, “..the landscape today is increasingly defined by two vitally important features. The first is widespread uncertainty and a sense that change is happening faster and faster”.

It looks like change in projects is going to be a permanent and recurring feature. I expanded on this aspect to find some possible guiding leads that could help the project management professionals.

I hope you enjoy reading the article. I also hope that the whole series was of interest and, as usual, I will be happy to receive comments and constructive feedback.

Marco Bottacini, Senior Portfolio Manager at GALVmed

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinion of GALVmed.

Change: the process

The third article of the series about Change is now posted and available under the Pages section on the blog – here is the link. Having explored the various types of changes in a project and the individual attitude toward change, in this article I explored the process for change.

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I have not re-traced processes and approaches that are covered in the PM training courses, but looked more generally to a possible high level approach. I connected to the AKDAR model presented in the previous article. The exact methodology will have to be adapted to each project’s circumstances, but I think the ADKAR could be a model of general application, offering a solid frame for an effective change management process.

I hope the article will be of interest and, as usual, I will be happy to receive comments and constructive feedback.

Marco Bottacini, Senior Portfolio Manager at GALVmed

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinion of GALVmed.

Change: the acceptance

The second article of the new series about Change is now posted and available under the Pages section on the blog – here is the link. In the previous article I looked at the types of changes that can be encountered in a project. In the second article I explored the reasons for our struggle in facing, accepting, delivering and sustaining change.

The acceptance of change is tricky. This goes to the root of our way of thinking, the complexity of our mind and our emotions, the essence of us, being humans. The subject of acceptance is actually really close to me. Too often I have been told that I don’t like change, that I don’t accept things that don’t go in my way, that I am not entrepreneurial and that I do not take enough risks. This is probably one of the reasons for such an interest in the subject!

I may not be qualified to cover this subject exhaustively, so please take the considerations below as a very personal view on the subject.

I hope the article will be of interest and, as usual, I will be happy to receive comments and constructive feedback.

Marco Bottacini, Senior Portfolio Manager at GALVmed

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinion of GALVmed.

Change: the facets

The first article of the new series about Change is now posted and available under the Pages section on the blog – here is the link. In the article I wanted to explore the multiple types of change, in the context of project management.

I cannot resist and I have to share this photo, as a short introduction to the subject. It was taken many years ago during one of my nephew’s riding sessions with my brother up and down the hills outside Verona (Italy). They reached a junction and my nephew was so intrigued by the signpost:

“If we can go to all these places by turning right, where can we go by turning left?”

.. he asked his dad. This is an example of the curiosity, lateral thinking and the desire for change that the young boy was already cultivating, quite common probably in all the kids of that age. It also shows that change should be controlled. That training session had a plan, a timetable and a route, so change was, in that case, not an option. I think years later my nephew went back to that junction, to explore what was on the left!

I hope this first article will be of interest and a good introduction to the subject. I will be happy to receive comments and constructive feedback.

Marco Bottacini, Senior Portfolio Manager at GALVmed

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinion of GALVmed.