Tim Mills, PMP, Prosci Certified, LSSBB & Sue Dolloff, CCMP, PMP, Prosci Certified
Senior Portfolio Management, CAS
Session Details
Partnering for Success: Project Management and Change Management
In today's dynamic business environment, the integration of Project Management (PM) and Change Management (CM) is crucial for achieving project success. While PM focuses on the technical aspects of delivering a project on time, within scope, and on budget, CM addresses the human side of change, ensuring that stakeholders are engaged and fully prepared for the transition.
When Projects Managers and Change Managers work in close partnership, their project outcomes are noticeably improved in the following key areas:
Stakeholder Engagement: Meaningful involvement of stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle ensures their needs and concerns are addressed, leading to higher levels of satisfaction and buy-in.
2) Speed of Adoption: CM strategies manage resistance by tapping into the emotional parts of the brain to increase people readiness and successful adoption of new processes, systems, and habits.
3) Risk Mitigation: Proactively managing both technical and human-related risks reduces the chances of project delays and benefits realization dilution.
4) Morale and Productivity: When employees feel heard and supported, their active engagement increases, and morale and productivity reach the levels we need for successful change.
This presentation focuses on the collaboration between PM and CM to create a holistic approach that not only delivers projects efficiently but also ensures the benefits of change are realized and sustained in the long run.
Learning Objectives
We will cover:
Overall of the PM/CM partnership
Four key areas of collaboration:
1. Stakeholder Management
2. Communications Management
3. Risk Management
4. Schedule Management
About the Speaker
Tim has over 30 years of project management and operations management experience in the information services, health care, food distribution, telecommunications, packaging and industrial power metering industries.
Tim has held numerous positions managing large scale portfolios, programs, and projects, as well as directing people and managing teams in operational roles including facilities operations, data center operations, program management office, distribution, and manufacturing.
Tim started serving as an Adjunct Instructor at Columbus State Community College in 2022, teaching both agile and traditional project management courses.
Tim uses his experiences to support philanthropic causes including serving on non-profit boards. He and his wife own Valemee Fitness, a fitness center serving people with special needs. Tim also leads the 2FGR Run for Down Syndrome, a 5K/10K race supporting the Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio.
Tim is a graduate of The Ohio State University’s College of Business (MBA in 1992) and has earned his Project Manager Practitioner (PMP) designation in December 2002. He has also earned certifications as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in 2011, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certified in 2016, PROCSI Change Management Practitioner in 2018 (and recertified in 2022), and PMI Wicked Problem-Solving Practitioner in 2021.