The Project team will show their commitment to the technology initiatives being rolled out by being early adopters of the new changes during the project.
This is extremely important so that they can understand and plan the best way to support these initiatives.
The IT Work stream will assess the suitability of the project teams’ participation based on current technical needs. They will also coordinate training providing the project team with the opportunity to get enthusiastic, and ask questions.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of how the Change Manager and the IT Work stream will work together to assess the suitability of the project teams’ participation as an early adopter of incoming or upgraded technology.
Approximately 15 Minutes
Even though the technology initiatives are for the IT Work stream to roll out and support, the Change Manager must know what’s planned so as to inform their Change Leads when any enquiries on the impact to staff are raised.
Staff will see any IT initiatives as being part of the change program so it is important to know what is going on and how well IT are tracking in delivery. It should not be the focus to run the IT change program, but knowing what is impacting staff now is important for consideration in a change program of what the IT Work stream are delivering on.
Skype for Business and other initiatives can be national roll outs and although the office (who is undertaking the move) can get in the front of the line, they still may be one of many recipients in this roll out.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of the considerations and influences involved in Skype for Business in a project sense, as part of a change program.
Approximately 20 Minutes
Project stakeholders need to be selected carefully. The stakeholder groups are important as they will lead and manage the accommodation project, and have a detailed role in the successful planning and execution of the workplace change project.
An organization chart is a diagram used to illustrate the relationship between all internal and external stakeholders in the overarching accommodation project. It ensures everyone understands who they will be working with during the project.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of organization chart, the governance structure a workplace change project follows, and the information the Change Manager will need to assist in the nomination and formal engagement of stakeholder groups.
Approximately 10 Minutes
A Pilot Space is typically set up in the project teams working space, prior to a Work Lab or Display Suite and demonstrates to the business that the project team are taking initiatives to work as everyone is expected to do in the new building.
Everyone in the Project Working Group will be involved in gearing up to create an Agile prototype space for the project team to trial and for the business to familiarize themselves with.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of the importance and function of a Pilot Space and how the project team pulls together to coordinate what's required and demonstrate the new behaviors.
Approximately 15 Minutes
Experiential learning is the process of learning through experience, and is more specifically defined as ‘learning through reflection on doing’.
One of the most common experiential learning processes that a design team and change manager will embark upon is the staff engagement surveys or workshops where discovery, culture or brand, mind mapping and co-creation will be discovered.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of experiential learning, the common processes, and what can be achieved/uncovered from these workshops.
Approximately 20 Minutes
It is important for the Project Team to undertake Lessons Learned Workshops to understand the work that has occurred in the past.
These workshops are valuable for the new project team members to get up to speed on the initiatives that the project has undertaken to date in determining and validating the project requirements.
The Lessons Learned workshop can be the beginning of the ‘requirements gathering’ process for the design of the new workplace.
Different workshop styles, will be used to review design process & current layout, enabling the opportunity for co-creation of the new facility.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of how Lessons Learned workshop can be the beginning of the ‘requirements gathering’ process for the design of the new workplace, and learn about the subject matter that could be covered as well as who could attend.
Approximately 10 Minutes