Change Audit Example

Change Audit Example

Problem Statement 

Select a project that you are currently working on or a change that your organization is currently going through and perform a change audit assessment for this project. Has the change been effectively deployed? Identify any areas for improvement.

How to perform analysis

Step 1: Open Sigma Magic
  1. Click on the Sigma Magic button on the Excel toolbar.
  2. Click on the New button to create a new project.
Step 2: Add the analysis template
  1. Click on the Tool Wizard to add the analysis template.
  2. Click on Change and then Change Audit.


Step 3: Specify analysis options
A new worksheet will be added to your workbook. Analysis Setup will be automatically opened, in the setup tab specify the following details.



Step 4: Enter the Worksheet data
Click on Create button to save all changes and compute the outputs for this analysis.On the worksheet, rate each audit assessment criteria based on the selected scale. There are eight main criteria, and each criterion has a few sub-criteria. A sample worksheet is given below:



Click on Analysis Setup and then click on the Checklist button, you will see the following dialog box. Ensure that the items mentioned in checklist should be marked.



Step 5: Generate analysis results
Finally, click on Analysis Setup and then Verify tab to ensure all the inputs are okay and shown in a green checkmark.



Click OK to close the dialog box.

Interpreting Results

  1. ​The organization made significant progress early in the process of change management, such as creating urgency, forming a team, and developing a vision.
  2. Mid-way steps, such as communicating for buy-in and empowering others, show partial progress, indicating some challenges in execution.
  3. There has been little to no effort in the later stages, like planning for sustained change and embedding new culture, that could potentially affect the long-run success of change.

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