Change Management Methodology Ensures Efficient Change

2007-04-12 11:34:06

( Computers )



For the management of a business, the challenge of enabling the business to respond to a dynamic environment is a never-ending task. Your business must be able to adjust strategies and objectives quickly and effectively in the face of strong market forces. To make sure that the benefits of change will accrue to the business, you will need an effective change management methodology.

Usually, changes in the business also mean changes in business processes which will impact on your software applications. Effective IT change management will enable your business to change processes and business models swiftly and with fewer errors. You may use your internal IT resources for this, or you bring in change management consultants. However you do it, the important thing is that your change management methodology will be systematic and fully documented.

Your change management methodology will contain procedures to be followed in handling all requested or intended changes to the business system. The prescribed change management methodology will help in processing the changes efficiently with minimal adverse effects on your service quality to customers. Just as important, the detailed and fully documented procedures allow traceability of all the changes introduced. This should make it easy to implement any future adjustments.

Although change management can benefit your business by improving the business process thus ensuring that you satisfy customer requirements, there are also risks attached. If change management is not properly implemented, your system may run into enormous problems. But since the change management methodology guarantees traceability, you can minimize such negative impact before it happens, through thorough review before implementation, and afterwards, since you can easily pinpoint the sources of error.

There are now many change management tools available that helps you hasten the design and implementation of changes that your business needs to make. These provide sophisticated change management methodology packaged in software applications.


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