{"id":1325,"date":"2013-07-01T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T10:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2013-07-01T10:21:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T10:21:44","slug":"how-to-put-worklfow-change-management-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmwlab.com\/blog\/how-to-put-worklfow-change-management-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Put Workflow Change Management to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perfect planning? A worthy goal! As a manager, you know that planning is key. But even with the most perfect plan in place, work practices often need to change. Workflow change management is part of the job. How do you stay flexible and responsive to change without slowing down the work at hand?<\/p>\n\n

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Managing a workflow<\/a> means staying on top of evolving practices. Every team process grows naturally. Workflow processes<\/a> change. Tasks shift ownership. Even the sequence of events can change. That’s why it’s important to put practices into place that are not only well structured but also flexible. An adaptive team, a team that can learn from it’s experiences \u2013 that’s a team with solid potential. Managers can help that happen by building in flexibility to the heart of their practices.<\/p>\n\n

Customize Your Workflow Process<\/a> and Stay Responsive<\/h3>\n\n

Let’s look at this in detail. Say you’ve got a small team working on the first phase of a project together. They’re not certain how much material they’ll have to work with at first. So as a responsible manager, you put together a plan where they can analyze the material in sequence. You put the most important tasks first and hope for the best.<\/p>\n\n

The project starts and the first sample arrives. Sue takes her turn, produces her results, and passes the sample along to Bob. After he’s finished with his analysis, he passes it along to Stephanie. She performs the last piece of the project and the data all heads for analysis. You’re pleased to find that you have plenty of material for each phase right from the start.<\/p>\n\n

What do you do, as a flexible and responsive manager? You put your process change management<\/a> skills to use. The last thing you want to do is slow down the team. After all, samples are now arriving in batches on a daily basis. Put Comindware Tracker<\/a> to work: master that change and keep your team working without a hitch. Here’s how:<\/p>\n\n

Create a workflow<\/a> process in just a few simple steps.<\/p>\n\n