Business Change Strategy Product Description
Product Identifier
Unique ID
Product Title
Business Change Strategy
Product Responsibility
Project Manage/Implementation Manager
Purpose
To describe how the business will transform from where it is now to where it needs to
be. Introducing (where necessary if a change of IT is part of the change) a high level
view of the intended introduction of IT releases. It should provide details of the Strategy
to ensure the change initiative is implemented successfully and where necessary
describe the key phases of releases of the appropriate IT component(s) and how the
business process will change to support the initiative.
It should identify key areas such as:
Composition
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Major Deliverables
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Time constraints
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Key challenges / Potential Barriers
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Project Phases / Release(s)
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Supporting implementation structures, accountabilities and assurances
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Implementation assumptions/risks
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Required Outcomes
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Executive Summary
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Introduction
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Background
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Purpose
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Assumptions
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Scope
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Exclusions
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Business Requirements
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Business Deliverables and Outcomes
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Timescales
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Key challenges / Potential Barriers
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Change Approach/Method
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Impact and Capacity Analysis
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Stakeholder Involvement
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Information/Data Collection Process
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High Level Analysis of Impact
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High Level Analysis of Capacity
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Conclusions
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Implementation
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Implementation Requirements
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Implementation Structures
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Implementation Roles & Accountabilities
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Business Change Strategy Product Description
Derivation
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Proposed Implementation Products
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Business Change Plan
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Next Steps
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Business Case
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Project Initiation Document
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Business Process Design
Format and Presentation
Refer to template ‘Business Change Strategy’
Allocated to
Business/Implementation Manager
Quality Criteria
Does the strategy identify all the business areas affected by the forthcoming change
initiative?
Does the strategy confirm the desired transformation outcome i.e. where the business
needs to migrate to?
Does the strategy outline how the business migration will be achieved and identify the
following; associated timescales, potential barriers and opportunities?
Has the product been reviewed in accordance with the project Quality Review
Processes?
Quality Method
Review and Inspection
Quality Check People or
Skills Required
Project Manager
Approval
Project Manager
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