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AIM Implementation Management Methodology

This practical on-site workshop gives intact project teams a core foundation in the AIM methodology and how it can be applied to project and business strategy implementations.

Participants learn the proven ten-step process that’s covered in the Introduction to AIM program, plus how to use AIM assessment and planning tools to accelerate their own specific project implementation.

Team members then use their new skills and knowledge to design and deliver a real-world Sponsor presentation with actionable steps that can be applied to their own project.

Target Group

Members of an intact project team, in some cases; it may be possible to combine more than one project team in the same workshop.

Participant Deliverables:

1. A clear and compelling Business Case for Action
2. Initial work on a Communication Strategy
3. Key role mapping for the team’s project
4. A partially completed presentation for Sponsors
5. The components of a high-level implementation plan with actionable next steps tailored to the team’s specific project

Training Objectives

1. A proven, repeatable 10-step process for accelerating all types of implementation
2. How to create a clear, compelling Business Case for Action
3. How to identify, forecast, measure, surface, and manage resistance
4. How to apply tactics and appropriate vehicles to build an effective communication plan
5. How to gain durable Sponsorship from key executives and leaders
6. How to align reinforcement with performance expectations to promote desired behaviors
7. How to determine the appropriate change approach How to create organizational readiness for the change
8. The difference between installation and implementation

What participants leave with:

1. A comprehensive guide to project change management

2. A set of assessment and planning tools
3. An Implementation History for the organization or Implementation Risk Forecast for the project, with quantifiable probability
 of success and identified barriers to implementation
4. Project Management Professionals earn 24 Professional Development Units (PDUs)\

Benefits to Organization

1. Builds team alignment and cohesiveness around a single Business Case for Action
2. Development of specific deliverables for a Sponsor strategy, readiness strategy, communication plan, and Reinforcement Strategy
3. Enables the team to begin to apply AIM principles to the project, accelerating the speed to full Return on Investment
4. Serves as a pre-requisite for Accreditation in the AIM methodology

Duration

3 Days