OPERATIONS AUDIT: DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT WEEK 8

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Project management and change management are often confused. Although they both involve managing people and processes (and often work together to meet organizational goals), they are different disciplines (Lucid, n.d.).

Understanding what those differences are and how both practices can (and should) work together to manage projects and their resulting changes is crucial for the success of your organization.

The term “project management” can at once feel both obvious and vague. While most people intuitively understand what project management is, it’s useful to refer to the official definition.

Project management is described as the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet project requirements. In other words, project management is about the process required to bring a team or product from point A to point B.

To do this, project managers and their teams manage processes within five main project stages:

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring and Controlling
• Closing

Project management teams focus primarily on fulfilling the strategic objectives of a project. While a team is often made up of stakeholders from various departments and backgrounds, the stakeholders on the team are not always able to address the impact the project may have on stakeholders outside of that “inner circle.”

This uncertainty can lead to anxiety, confusion, and resistance from the people on the ground who may not fully understand the need for the changes or how to adopt and adapt to new processes. Without buy-in from the rest of the organization, a project’s outcomes can be stunted.

Change management is the solution to this sticky problem.

Change managers help the people affected by a project to transition smoothly. They fulfill this goal through three process stages:

• Planning for change
• Managing change
• Reinforcing change

THE VALUE OF PROJECT MANAGERS

BECOMING A PROJECT MANAGER

THE PROJECT MANAGER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES: INTRODUCTION

UNDERSTANDING CHANGE MANAGEMENT

DISCUSSION FORUM ASSIGNMENT

GIVE AN EXAMPLE COMPANY THAT USES CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TELL US HOW THEIR PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS IMPROVED? SUPPORT YOUR EXPLANATION BY PROVIDING YOUR SOURCES AS REFERENCES.

Please provide your answers with a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words. Please use the link  Please observe proper citation and use APA format 7th edition. 

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