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Finished the first draft and propose to meet with leader next Tuesday. Hopefully by next Friday I can have some concrete things to show to my boss.

For the first time I realize that tools are actually useful to help with a project.

Looking at current one I am working on, the project has a good aim but just feel that it is not executed fully.

From a tool perspective: first step leading change we are doing fine. Agreed on what’s in scope and what’s out (maybe should extend to 09 since it’s already mid of 08). We know what’s critical for our success (vendor, support, funding, time, etc). Roles & responsibility of the team fully understood.

Step 2 building a shared need is where we are lacking of. No specific program goals articulated. We haven’t identified individual stakeholder needs and level of commitment (maybe the leader has done in his head but I didn’t see his followup action in addition to talking to a list of people).

Step 3 creating a vision although we have a vision statement, we didn’t translate it to simple elevator speech and no communication plan followed!

Step 4 mobilizing commitment again we only have a simple communication plan with team and steering committee but not with all stakeholders. We do have a fully functional team structure though.

Step 5 changing systems/structures we never identified key systems/strucutre changes when needed.

Step 6 monitoring progress. Yes we do have a high level program plan. We don’t have more detailed workstream plans with workstream leaders. Draft metrics for program tracking and PMO accountability are not well identified.

In summary, I didn’t do a good change management job for the project! I need to think it through one more time and have a conversation with the project leader.

I got a reward from my clients. It is my third time to get such reward. Not huge amount but I can buy many pretty things with it! Fight on!

God knows how I stuck on this certification. I have to finish 2 certificates in order to prove myself in the workplace. The first one is about change management. It’s not difficult but I am just not thrilled enough to get it done. I print out 21 pages, and hopefully I can record my progress to complete these 21 pages one by one.

This has been pending for a long time. I couldn’t belive that I finish it today! Felt good but at the same time anxious.

I finish the day by doing what I should. Go to meet with candidates and then client meetings and follow ups for the rest of the afternoon. Keep the good work and tomorrow will definately be much better.

Spent 4 hours putting more structure around my 2 projects. Both needs some severe amendment work. I found interested in some market database and hopefully in the afternoon I can have more time check those out. I become more confident in what I am doing.

I spent 2 hours providing framework and capture on content for one of my project. Once I got focused on the subject matter, other things flow out smoothly. Talk to people polightly and dilligently on the subject matter. Feel accomplished and time goes fast! I should continue this: think before I do and talk to people to get their thoughts and keep things rolling.