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Define the change strategy
From the course: Strategic Business Analysis Essentials
Define the change strategy
- This is what your audience really wants to know. It is the how you're going to achieve the transition between current state and the future way. Similar to how you can tackle a journey from point A to point B, often, there are a few different ways to make the trip. Take a literal road trip, for example, where you can ask your smartphone maps application to determine the journey. This could be based on the quickest way or way to avoid tolls or to avoid motor ways. You have alternatives and preferred options. Similarly, when you define the change strategy in order to draw out the preferred way, you need to map out the alternatives, then apply the sets of filters, which are the business conditions. According to the BABOK Guide, the purpose of Define Change strategy is to develop and assess alternative approaches to the change and then select the recommended approach. There are five elements to consider when you define…