Choosing the Right Time and Defining the Operational Initiative
Create a timetable like table 3 for changes in your plan. Determine in which time period the appliable changes should happen.
Select the right time for implementing changes.
For example, if summer is the peak of your business activity, any change during that time may inflict irreversible harm – it can be suicidal for the company.
Now that you have great deal of information for implementing changes, design “the operational change initiative” and send it over to all departments in accordance with separation of duties, so each department gets to know its definite task.
In “operational initiative”, you need to consider two important points:
First, you need to be flexible so in case of unexpected incidents, certain mechanisms will be considered to confront these issues. In fact, an operational initiative must be able to carry out risk management.
Second, “strategy of employees” must be defined in the operational initiative. In other words, the required tasks for implementing changes must be divided. You need to do the task division according to the capacity and human resources of different departments and people involved in the change process.