Author Archives: David Reeves

Business relevance of like-for-like change management

The Like-like change management framework bridges the gap between structured technical execution and broad organizational adoption. While these core concepts are often discussed in IT infrastructure and software lifecycles, their underlying principles apply directly to overall business operations, process transformations, supply chain shifts, and administrative reorganizations. Key concepts Here is how those key concepts translate into… Read More: Business relevance of like-for-like change management »

Manage a changing world

The world has always been in a state of change. What is different today? The speed of change today is faster than any previous time. It can be expected that tomorrow, change will occur even faster or, for the first time, appear to occur in new areas. What can you do? References

Who likes change?

How many people do you know that thrive on change? Statistically, likely very few. People generally like consistency. Organizational Change: 8 Reasons Why People Resist Change Ten Reasons People Resist Change The Only Person Who Likes Change is a Wet Baby So how do we use this information to assist us with change management? If… Read More: Who likes change? »

Change Management Types and Models

So what is “change management”? My experience has been that change management means different things to different people. Early in my career, I realized that senior management’s use of the term “change management” was different then that defined by ITIL and commonly managed by IT project managers. Point of reference When we are talking to… Read More: Change Management Types and Models »

Technical and organization change management

It is amazing how frequently that the relationship between organizational change management, “Big C” and technical change management, “little c” is not demonstrated in practice or understood in principle.

Time to Availability

Availability, of a service, is an upmost priority for many businesses. It is of particular significance to those in information technology, communication and data management. Most service level agreements have terms and conditions related to availability of service. In business continuity and disaster recovery, Meant Time To Recovery (MTTR) leads to the renewed availability of… Read More: Time to Availability »

Like for like changes

Like-for-like change management is a strategy used to control the scope and complexity. For software or system updates or technical upgrade, Like-for-like results in replacing a product with its newer version without adding new features or changing business processes simultaneously. The key aspects of this approach: 1. The Core Philosophy: “Scope Control” The primary goal… Read More: Like for like changes »

Change Management Agility

Agility is one of the older industry buzzwords. Older? Well consider that by definition a buzzword is “often an item of jargon, that is fashionable at a particular time or in a particular context” The concept of agile development methods is rooted in 2001 with Evolutionary Model of Software Development Methods and the Agile Manifesto. If… Read More: Change Management Agility »

Why is change management not simple?

Change management should be relatively simple. Ideally it should take little effort or at least the effort is proportional to the complexity of the change. Results from change management should be achieved faster. Who wouldn’t want changes to be simple? Is my personal perception wrong? I do not consider myself an expert in change management.… Read More: Why is change management not simple? »

“Change Management” is a big phrase

Or is it? Well, like many others, I decided to Google it and see what others had to say. On that day, among my top 10, non-AI, search results were: No surprises for me. These articles, and the others on the list, reinforced my perception that “change management” may be perceived as not being simple.