A successful Practitioner candidate should, with suitable direction, be able to start applying the Change Management approaches and techniques to a real change initiative; however, s/he may not be sufficiently skilled to do this appropriately for all situations. His/her individual Change Management expertise, complexity of the change initiative and the support provided for the use of Change Management approaches in their work environment will all be factors that impact what the Practitioner can achieve.
This course will further develop some of the knowledge of Change Management learned during the Foundation certification.
You will consider what learning is required and how best to design and deliver it. Then the course will provide an understanding of how Change Management fits into the project management environment.
A major challenge with change is making it stick. The course will show how to sustain change by understanding the levers for change, models of adoption, and reinforcing systems.
This course also prepares you for the APMG Change Management Practitioner exam. Given that a primary course goal is to achieve the Practitioner Certification, daily homework assignments and practice exams will be provided. The Practitioner-level exam is taken at the end of the second day.
Who Should Attend:
- Those who have successfully completed the Foundation exam and would like to achieve Change Management Practitioner Certification
- Anyone in a role that involves leading, managing, or supporting the change initiative, particularly for those working in organizations wherein a change initiative is being planned or taking place
Performance Focus:
- Developing individuals’ learning to enable change
- Managing change within the project environment
- Delivering sustainable change
- Preparing for the Practitioner exam
Pre-requisites:
- Successful completion of the Change Management Foundation course and APMG Change Management Foundation exam with a pass rate of 50% or higher
- Traditional Classroom: Approximately 2 hours of study on the first evening will be required by those who wish to pass the exam
Course Level: Intermediate/Advanced
What You Will Learn
You’ll learn how to:
- Understand the key principles in defining what is to be learned by all involved in a change initiative
- Describe the project environment in which change is governed and delivered
- Understand the organizational “levers”, adoption approaches, and reinforcing systems typically used to sustain change
Improve your ability to pass the APMG Change Management Practitioner Certification exam
Course Overview
Getting Started
- Introductions
- Course structure
- Course goals and objectives
Learning and Change
- Defining and managing the required learning to enable change
The Project Management Environment
- Understanding the project environment
- Identifying key roles
- Developing a change delivery plan
Sustaining Change
- How levers enable the adoption of change
- Types of levers (Environmental levers, Leadership levers, and Organizational Development levers)
- Models of adoption and reinforcing systems
APMG Change Management Practitioner Exam Preparation
- Review of and practice with APMG sample questions and test papers
APMG Change Management Practitioner Exam: The exam is taken and submitted to APMG for marking
Summary and Next StepsAbout the Change Management Practitioner Exam
- 2.5 hour open-book exam (using only The Effective Change Manager’s Handbook and the APMG Candidate’s Guide to the Effective Change Manager’s Handbook)
- Objective Testing Exam (OTE) multiple-choice questions
- 4 questions per paper (Change and the Individual, Change and the Organization, Communications and Stakeholder Engagement and Change Management Practice), sub-divided into a number of parts, each being worth 20 marks available per question – all question items are worth 1 mark, with the total number of 80 marks possible per paper
- Pass mark is a total of 40 or more out of a possible 80 (50%)
- Papers are returned to the APMG for marking
Note: This course should be purchased in conjunction with the Foundation course as part of APMG Change Management Certification program.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
School Notes: Note: International Institute for Learning may reach out to you directly for additional information prior to your class starting date.
