Implement a New IT Organizational Structure
Prioritize quick wins and critical services during IT org changes.
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Implementing a new organizational design is a highly disruptive process for IT staff and business partners. Without following a structured approach, IT leaders may experience:
- High staff turnover
- Decreased satisfaction
- Productivity loss
- Increased IT costs
Follow Info-Tech’s structured approach to implementing organizational design in order to see:
- Improved stakeholder satisfaction with IT by mitigating service interruptions through a detailed change strategy.
- Minimal voluntary turnover throughout the change.
- Execution of the implementation on time and on budget.
Module 1: Build Your Change Project Plan
The Purpose
- Create a holistic change project plan to mitigate the risks of organizational change.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Building a change project plan that encompasses both the operational changes and minimizes stakeholder and employee resistance to change.
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| 1.1 | Review the new organizational structure. |
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| 1.2 | Determine the scope of your organizational changes. |
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| 1.3 | Review your MLI results. |
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| 1.4 | Brainstorm a list of projects to enable the change. |
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Module 2: Finalize Change Project Plan
The Purpose
- Finalize the change project plan started on day 1.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Finalize the tasks that need to be completed as part of the change project.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Brainstorm the tasks that are contained within the change projects. |
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| 2.2 | Determine the resource allocations for the projects. |
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| 2.3 | Understand the dependencies of the projects. |
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| 2.4 | Create a progress monitoring schedule. |
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Module 3: Enlist Your Implementation Team
The Purpose
- Enlist key members of your team to drive the implementation of your new organizational design.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Mitigate the risks of staff resistance to the change and low engagement that can result from major organizational change projects.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Determine the members that are best suited for the team. |
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| 3.2 | Build a RACI to define their roles. |
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| 3.3 | Create a change vision. |
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| 3.4 | Create your change communication strategy. |
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Module 4: Train Your Managers to Lead Through Change
The Purpose
- Train your managers who are more technically focused to handle the people side of the change.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Leverage your managers to translate how the organizational change will directly impact individuals on their teams.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Conduct the manager training workshop with managers. |
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| 4.2 | Review the stakeholder engagement plans. |
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| 4.3 | Review individual transition plan template with managers. |
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Module 5: Build Your Transition Plans
The Purpose
- Complete transition plans for individual members of your staff.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Create individual plans for your staff members to ease the transition into their new roles.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 5.1 | Bring managers back in to complete transition plans. |
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| 5.2 | Revisit the new organizational design as a source of information. |
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| 5.3 | Complete aspects of the templates that do not require staff feedback. |
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| 5.4 | Discuss strategies for transitioning. |
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