Project Manager's Spotlight on Change Management

If you're a typical project manager, you're probably aware of the importance of change management but may not have the time or expertise to develop a full-blown plan. Here's a quick and practical guide to applying the disciplines of proven change management practices without the rigor of complex processes.

Part of the Project Manager's Spotlight series from Harbor Light Press, this straightforward book offers solutions to real-life project change scenarios. Author Claudia Baca highlights critical components of change control and equips you with tools, techniques, checklists, and templates you can put to use immediately. By following a realistic case study from start to finish, you'll see how a project manager deals with each concept. Ultimately, this book will help you establish effective guidelines for dealing with change and provide you the flexibility to minimize disruptions and derailments.

Project Manager's Spotlight on Change Management teaches you how to:

• Define roles and responsibilities of the change management team
• Build a process flow one step at a time
• Design your own change management system
• Process exceptions and escalations
• Create the necessary documentation

About the Author

Claudia Baca has been active in the project management industry since 1984 and has experience in the information technology, telecommunications, and e-commerce industries. During her varied career, Claudia has managed many mission critical projects for a major telecommunications company and several Internet companies. Currently, Claudia is the Vice President of Consulting Services with QuantumPM. She lectures and teaches for the Project Management Institute’s Denver chapter as well as for Colorado State University. Claudia was a member of the leadership team that produced the standard for Project Management Maturity, OPM3. In addition, she has a Master’s Certificate in Program Management from Denver University. She earned her PMP in 1995 and was recertified in 2001 and 2004.

Claudia also has much experience writing and editing. She is a coauthor of the paper “Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3)” presented at the PMI Global Congress Europe, 2003. She also coauthored the “The Past, the Present and the Future of OPM3” presented at the PMI Global Congress North America, 2004. In addition, she is the technical editor of the PMP: Project Management Professional Study Guide and the IT Project+ Study Guide and is the coauthor of PMP: Project Management Professional Workbook, all published by Sybex.