The Roles of Change
Academia suggests that there are four common roles critical to the change process.
The first, a sponsor, has the power to authorize or legimitize change; the role creates the environment that enables change.
The second, an agent, is responsible for making the change. The third, a target, is the individual or group that must change. Fourth, an advocate, helps achieve a change but lacks the power to sanction it.
The SCOR project roadmap uniquely offers a formal structure that effectively utilizes these four roles and provides education to support them in their efforts.
There are three phases of change: present state, transition state, and desired state. Change is possible when the pain of the present exceeds the cost of the transition.