Helps understand the organization's strengths and weaknesses as it faces the change, such as culture, leadership, competing priorities or changes and communication. Provides recommendations for improved results.

Helps identify key stakeholders, their interests, and support levels, to ensure they are involved and their needs are addressed.

Clearly identifies the role of the sponsor and their impact on the success of a change; provides concrete roadmap to guide execution and coaching as needed.

Provides for the education of network participants and communication loops needed to encourage change success.

A fundamental part of the change management process, communication can build readiness and support for a change by ensuring the right people are aware and engaged at the right time.

Identifies all learning needed by various stakeholders and memorializes plan to address through communications, training, resources, user testing, etc.

Planning and executing mechanisms to measure and sustain change adoption is a critical component of ensuring lasting change.