{"id":18623,"date":"2021-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/what-are-the-goals-of-change-management\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T06:00:00","slug":"what-are-the-goals-of-change-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/what-are-the-goals-of-change-management\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Goals of Change Management?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Change management is an ongoing effort for most large organizations, but it can be a confusing concept to anyone who’s not involved in the activity. Unlike project management, which has a formal structure and follows a defined schedule, change management is a more reactive and unpredictable process. In many cases, change management efforts are intended to be low-profile, so employees may not even be aware that change management is taking place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Whether you’re thinking of entering the change management field or are simply interested in how it works, this overview will help you understand why organizations invest in change management, and what it’s supposed to accomplish.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Change Management?<\/b><\/p>\n

Change management<\/span><\/a> is the process of helping employees or other stakeholders understand and adopt an organizational change. The change can be enterprise-wide, such as an acquisition by another company or a change in the company’s name and branding, or the change may be limited to a single business unit or department.<\/span><\/p>\n

Change management is often related to project management. In some cases, change managers work in conjunction with project managers to prepare an organization for the change that the project is expected to produce. In other cases, the situation is reversed, and a change manager helps a project manager adapt the project to a change that has happened elsewhere in the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Depending on what is happening within the organization and which groups are affected, the enterprise change management process can be aimed at one or more of the following goals:<\/span><\/p>\n