It’s true that many MDM projects fail due to bad project management, but many others have good project managers and good methodologies and still fail. Why is that? More importantly, how do you avoid the same fate?

In a new article in Information Management, Stuart Murdoch, Principal Consultant in Platon, gives his answer - change management. The statement that drives his philosophy is: Change happens. Helping make it happen is a choice.
Stuart Murdoch elaborates further: “Those impacted by your project have a choice, and you need to do all you can to ensure that they choose to help you. If you don’t manage the change effectively then these people may choose to resist – either actively or passively – and resistance is often the reason projects fail.”

At the same time he states that there are no guarantees of success; all we can do is try to improve our chances. Good project management helps, but good change management is equally important. In this article you can find some techniques to employ for improving your chances of success.

Read the article in Information Management here.