Why You Need Change Management in Your Project Management Toolset

The video discusses the importance of integrating change management into project management. It argues against the notion that change management is a separate, softer discipline, emphasizing that both are part of a spectrum of skills necessary for effective management. The speaker highlights the need for project managers to be versatile across this spectrum, especially as the Project Management Institute shifts its focus. The video concludes with a promotion for a change management course, encouraging viewers to enhance their skills in this area.

What is the speaker's stance on the relationship between change management and project management?

• They are completely separate disciplines.

• Change management is a core part of project management.

• Change management is a soft alternative to project management.

• Project management should exclude change management.

According to the speaker, what is considered the 'hard stuff' in project management?

• The 'soft stuff' like communication

• Deadline setting

• Budget management

• Technical skills

What does the speaker suggest is essential for a project manager to be truly capable?

• Ignoring change management

• Being able to work across the entire spectrum of skills

• Specializing in one area of project management

• Focusing only on technical skills

What does the speaker believe is necessary for project management to be seen as an integrated whole?

• Excluding change management

• Focusing solely on stakeholder engagement

• Reducing the number of knowledge areas

• Incorporating change management as a part of it

What does the speaker encourage project managers to do regarding change management?

• Consider it less important than other areas

• Ignore it completely

• Focus only on risk management

• Increase their knowledge and skills in it