Chapter 4

What Other Change Projects Are Going On?

Everything is connected.

Paul Hawken

Your organization's business environment will have a direct impact on the success of your project, and current performance and leadership interests will influence resourcing and executive attention. One critical factor in your project's success is the amount of change going on when you implement the project. People have limited capacity for change and the extra work that comes with change projects. Generally, the more change initiatives in play, the more challenges a project has to overcome, and each other initiative can derail your project as it draws on limited resources and takes up executives' time.

A business environment assessment analyzing the company's ...

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