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    Phase 02: Change Management

    1 min readLAST UPDATED ON SEP 19, 2024

    Intro

    The impact Wrike will have on your team’s working habits should not be underestimated. Wrike will affect many aspects of daily work in profound and positive ways including how you communicate, how you collaborate, and how you provide visibility into the work you and your team(s) are doing. 

    This paradigm shift can be intimidating and overwhelming, so in order to achieve sustainable change, we support you on this journey throughout the deployment process. 

    This is one of the topics we return to over and over again. We will be sharing resources and training along with general guidance provided through our deployment sessions.

    What is change management?

    Activities are undertaken to help people feel (and be) ready for change. Our goal is to ensure the transition to Wrike is successful in the long term. 

    (Activities typically include training and communications, among other things)


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    Why is it important?

    Humans prefer sticking with what we know - in fact, up to 50% of change initiatives fail. By helping your stakeholders adapt to change, we will vastly improve our chances of success when launching Wrike.

    Overview of our Change Management Activities

    Initiation and Discovery – plan for change:

    • Identify how ready your organization is
    • Understand who will be impacted
    • Define how to effect change within your culture
    • Develop communication and training plans
    • Understand which stakeholders may struggle with the change and plan to support them

    Configuration and Go-Live – prepare for change: 

    • Create and execute communications
    • Train your stakeholders
    • Prepare reference tools

    Close-Out – reinforce change:

    • Continue communications
    • Monitor results 
    • Identify and make needed tweaks

    Further reading

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