In the competitive business world, whatever your industry, change is the only constant element which, once understood, allows any business to stay ahead of the competition. Yet, too many companies underestimate the importance of preparing for change, and managing it effectively through the people who architect, execute and realise its initiatives. How can we become more adept at handling the transformations that new projects bring to our companies and our workforce?
Many businesses realise the need for adaptability and competitiveness, and are very apt at rushing into bringing new software, new processes and new people into their organisation in order to realise their grand visions, but very few stop to think about whether the existing individuals in their business are ready for such transformations. Taking time to ensure that your people have the necessary skills, mind-set, and training for implementing change will save time and money, and will also preserve your sanity.
To deliver change successfully, you must therefore inspire the people in your organisation to work with you. You will need to present a clear roadmap to the future and well thought-out training in the chosen software so the blend together people, processes and tools as seamlessly as possible. While this is simply achieved at the theoretical level, experience shows that it is anything but simple in practice.
This webcast explored the 6 pillars for delivering successful change in your organisation, focusing particularly on the role of Rational toolset training in the context of a project.
Presented by:
Stephanie Walsh, Strategic Advisor and Lead BA
Stephanie Walsh has been an IT consultant for fifteen years, first at Accenture, then at IBM. She has worked across several industries, for clients as varied as Sainsbury’s, Hutchison Whampoa, WH Smith, Fidelity, NCR, Oracle, the British Government, Barclays, NatWest, Lloyds. She started out as an analyst specialising in retail and Oracle configuration management, and then moved on to testing roles within the financial sector before acquiring in-depth, lead analyst skills. She is very strong in the usage of Rational Doors which she combines with an application of analysis standards rooted in her interest of uniting committed people to repeatable processes and state-of-the-art tools. She is a member of the British Computer Society and of the International Institute of Business Analysis. She is the CEO of Engage Analysis and she works in partnership with her colleagues from cm-logic when on a project that requires in-depth Rational expertise. Throughout 2014, she worked for Lloyds, and for Global Blue in partnership with SilverLake.