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Agile Acceleration - Organizational Change Management and Agile Acceleration Strategy and Plan

Agile Acceleration - Organizational Change Management and Agile Acceleration Strategy and Plan

Building an Organizational Change Management Strategy and Plan

Organizational change management (OCM) is a structured and systematic approach aimed at managing the people dimensions of a program or initiative to accelerate adoption of changes and realization of expected benefits.

Change Management Principles
Engage the enthusiasm and creativity of the people who drive and are impacted by the change
Leverage a systematic approach to organizational assessment, design, team transition and individual readiness

Change Leadership & Engagement
Identify the Change
Sponsorship and Alignment
Change Definition and Strategy
Identify the Stateholders and Engagement Strategy
Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
Organization, Team & Individual Readiness
Identify the Impacts of the Change
Change Impact and Rediness Assessments
Organizational Design and Team Transition
Identify Team and Individual Capabilities and Readiness
Individual Capabilities and Readiness

Key Organizational Change Management Milestones
Organizational change management starts at the beginning of a program to proactively align the change priorities, synthesize the impacts and dependencies, and ensure team member engagement through the implementation of new processes, tools, and technologies.

Change Definition and Strategy
Define the Case for Change
Oganizational Change Management Strategy & Plan
Sponsorship and Alignment
Sponsorship and Alignment Planning
Execute Sponsorship and Leadership Actions; Re-contract as appropriate
Stakeholder Engagement and Comms
Stakeholder Engagement Planning
Execute Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Communications Strategy and Plan
Communications Development and Delivery
Impact and Readiness Assessments
Organizational Design Assessment
Change Readiness/ Risk Assessment
Change Impact Analysis
Organization and Team Transition
Organizational Design
Deployment Strategy and Plan
Roles and Resp Profiles
Organization and Team Transition
Individual Capabilities and Readiness
Reinforcement Strategy and Execution
Needs Assessment
Curriculum
Scheduling
Delivery
Learning Strategy & Plan
Source / Develop courses and Content
Train the Trainer
Support


Agile Acceleration Roadmap

3Q18
X Value Streams and X+ Scrum Teams Operational
Scrum Team Workshops Underway
Change and Communications Plan
X+ Attend Awareness Workshops

4Q18
Scrum Team Start/Stop Process Established
Pilot Pre-Release and Release planning ceremonies
X+ Scrum Teams Operational
LOB Engagement Formalized
Contact Center Agile Planning Commenced

1Q19
Project Charters written with Epics, Features, and Reusable Templates for Non-Functional Requirements
Agile Planning Ceremonies Operationalized
Agile Central integration with EPM Tool
X+ Framework and Platform Scrum Teams integrated with Value Streams

2Q19
Control Groups integrated with Agile Processes
Key Platforms on three-week Release Schedule
Testing Automation Enhanced by User Stories
X+ Scrum Teams Operational
SDLC Processes Optimized for Agile Delivery
Agile Planning Integration with ATM & Branch

3Q19
Value Stream and Scrum Team Health Checks
Agile Practices Optimized
Release-to-Value Reporting
Build Automation Optimized
Additional Key Platforms on three-week Release Schedul

4Q19
Yearly Value Stream and Scrum Team Re-Alignment
2020 Agile Acceleration Plan
X+ Scrum Teams Operational


Next Steps
Gain alignment on OCM approach from additional key stakeholders
Continue to engage key thought leaders to validate Agile Maturity Model and determine 2019 priorities
Develop quick wins
High-priority 4Q 18 communications
Develop Integrated Communications Plan
Develop Integrated Change Management Plan