Assignment

An important challenge in managing organizations is managing change (see Module 5).

a. List at least five distinct reasons why people resist change. Explain the nature and implication of each reason (one paragraph per reason). (Type answer here, using blue font.)

b. What is change control? What does it focus on? (Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer should be about 1 page long, single spaced.)

c. When building complex systems, it is important to establish configuration management processes.

I. What is configuration management?

II. How does it help us control change?

III. What is the role of the change control board?

(In addition to looking at the configuration management material in Module 5, you may want to use outside references to augment the course text when answering the following.)

(Type answer here, using blue font. Your answer to the different components of the question should total about 1-2 pages, single spaced.)