Change management—A key integrative function of PM in transition economies

Abstract

The 90s are characterized by the intensive Project Management promotion into developing and transition economy countries, new non-traditional spheres of activity with sharp increase of intensity of changes in projects and their environment. These processes require new understanding and searching new approaches to solving the problems of traditional Project Management adaptation to new conditions. The present paper proposes to introduce a new Key Integrative Project Management function—Change Management, into the core of PM international BOK during the process of Project Management globalization and unification. This function is more general than traditional Configuration Management, Overall Change Control, Strategic Management, Risk Management, etc. The necessity of introducing the function of Change Management is substantiated and its context is specified in the paper. The major processes of managing changes in projects and their environment are described. In spite of the fact that the problem itself and some elements of the paper are not entirely new, a fresh view to the problem and new systematized approach to solving this task, which is one of the most actual problems today's in the Project Management, are given in the paper.