Ecosystems, Culture and Change
Organizational and project ecosystems, culture, change management, and the distinction between people within and affected by the project.
How to prepare for PRINCE2 Version 7
Build the project and principle foundations first, integrate people throughout the method, then connect each practice with the seven-process lifecycle and scenario tailoring.
Core concepts
Concept 1
The organizational ecosystem surrounds the temporary project ecosystem and shapes authority, behaviours, constraints and support.
Exam cue: Identify both the delivery community and the affected community.
Concept 2
People within the project deliver and govern it; people affected by the project experience its outputs, outcomes and organizational change.
Exam cue: Treat adoption and behaviour change as managed work, not an automatic consequence of delivery.
Concept 3
Culture influences how people interpret decisions, collaborate, raise concerns and adopt change.
Concept 4
Change management prepares, equips and supports affected people so new capabilities lead to sustained outcomes.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Restricting people management to the project team.
Guardrail: Do not choose a process or role by keyword alone; confirm context, authority, product and decision purpose.
Assuming a completed product guarantees adopted change.
Guardrail: Do not choose a process or role by keyword alone; confirm context, authority, product and decision purpose.
Memory anchors
Organizational ecosystem
The wider relationships, culture, systems and authority surrounding the project.
Project ecosystem
The temporary network of people and relationships formed around the project.
Change management
Preparing and supporting affected people to adopt change and sustain intended outcomes.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
What is the organizational ecosystem?
Which group is included among people affected by a project?
A new system is technically complete, but staff retain the old process. What work is missing?
Answer all questions to submit.
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