Scenarios

Change Management Blueprint

Objective: To help Zylker’s management team analyze and accommodate new changes in the organization. The change might be anything from implementing a new technology to a merger or acquisition of the company. This blueprint works for emergency planning and non-emergency changes.

Pre-requisites

Before designing the blueprint, create a new layout or update an existing layout with the fields listed below.

  • Navigate to Settings > Customization > Layouts.

  • Add the following custom fields:

    Field NameField TypeProperties
    Change typeDropdownMandatory Options: Emergency, Non-emergency
    Change reportMulti-Line 
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  3 Publish
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  4 Execute
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Step 1: Blueprint Details

Now that the layout is set, we can create a blueprint to design the end-to-end process.

  • Navigate to Settings > Automation > Blueprint.
  • Click Add Blueprint.
  • Enter the following details in the pop-up:
    • Layout: Select the layout updated in the previous step
    • Name: Change Management Blueprint
    • Description: This blueprint automates the implementation of new changes in the organization
    • Criteria: All Jobs
  • Click Save.
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  1 Blueprint
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  2 Configure Stages
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  3 Publish
Blueprint
 
  4 Execute
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Step 2: Configure Stages and Transitions

Let us now view the stages and transitions to be configured for the process. 

 

Prerequisite:

Navigate to Settings and select Users. Create the following teams and associate users with them:

  • Senior management team

  • Emergency committee

  • Quality analysis team

 

Stages:

Emergency implementation underway

Stage DeadlineSend early reminderSend day-of reminderSend escalation alert
3 days

Set time: 1 day

Notify to: Emergency committee

Notify to: Emergency committee, Senior management team

Set time: 1 day

Notify to: Senior management team, CEO

Transitions:

Pickup for review

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Assignee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add field: Change reportNone

Send for risk assessment

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Assignee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

NoneNone

Approve change

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Senior management team

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add new field: Approval commentsSend email: Send an elaborate email about the change to all employees

Start step-by-step implementation (Automated Transition)

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Automated by condition

Condition: Change type is Non-emergency

-None

Reject change (Common Transition) 

(Common transition for the stages Risk evaluation in-progress and Change under review) 

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Senior management team

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add new field: Rejection commentsNone

Appeal change

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Assignee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add new field: Updated crisis change documentNone

Change assessment (Parallel Transition)

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Assignee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add new field: Assessment reportNone

Change planning (Parallel Transition)

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Assignee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add new field: Planning reportNone

Change forecasting (Parallel Transition)

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Assignee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add new field: Forecasting reportNone

Approve

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Senior management team

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Widget: ChecklistNone

Begin implementation

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Assignee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

NoneNone

Evaluate change post implementation (Automated Transition)

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Automate by time

Wait period: 3 days

-None

Start emergency implementation (Automated Transition)

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Automated by condition

Condition: Change type In Emergency

-Configure Webhooks: Send SMS to Emergency committee

Plan and implement

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Emergency committee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Widget: Multilevel ChecklistNone

Evaluate change (Automated Transition)

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Automated by time

Wait period: 1 day

-None

Start incident tracking

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Quality analysis team

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

NoneNone

File report

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Quality analysis team

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add new field: Attach reportNone

Close request (Common Transition)

(Common transition for the stages Post implementation review in-progress and Report complete) 

BeforeDuringAfter

Who can perform this transition? Assignee

Which jobs can pass through this transition? All Jobs

Add new field: Post-change report

Schedule Actions: After 1 day

Send email: Send change management report to senior management team

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Step 3: Publish Blueprint

Once the stages and transitions are configured, the blueprint is ready to publish.

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  2 Configure Stages
and Transitions
 
  3 Publish
Blueprint
 
  4 Execute
Blueprint
 
 

Step 4: Execute blueprint

Once the blueprint is configured and published, we can execute it by creating a new job.

  • Navigate to Jobs.
  • Click Add Job.
  • Select the layout used in Step 1.
  • Fill the form and click Save.

This blueprint follows two different flows for emergency and non-emergency changes. Let's take a look at both of these flows.

Case 1: Change Type = Emergency

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Note:

  • Since the job moves through different teams, we've color coded the images to differentiate the actions of each user.
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Initially, the job will land in the first stage of the blueprint and the transition will be displayed as a blue button. Here, the job starts in the Change request submitted stage and the first transition is Pickup for review.

The Assignee of the job can perform the first transition by clicking the Pickup for review button. The assignee will be prompted to attach the Change report. Once the report is filed, the assignee transfers the job to the Senior Management Team for evaluation by clicking Send for risk assessment.

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Any user from the Senior Management Team can take over the job. They can either Approve or Reject the change. They will need to add a comment explaining their choice when they perform either action.

If the change is approved, an email about the change will be sent to all the employees in the organization.

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If a change is rejected, the Assignee can appeal this by clicking Appeal Change. The user will be prompted to upload the Updated crisis change document.

If the change is approved, the Start emergency implementation transition will take place automatically and the job will progress to the next stage.

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Once emergency implementation starts, the Emergency Committee takes charge. The job is currently in the Emergency implementation underway stage.

SLA:

A job can only stay in this stage for 3 days.

  • On the 1st day, an early reminder email is sent to the Emergency Committee.

  • On the 3rd day, a reminder is sent to the Emergency Committee and Senior Management Team.

  • On the 4th day, an escalation email is sent to the Senior Management Team and CEO.

SLA

A job can only stay in this stage for 3 days.

  • On the 1st day, an early reminder email is sent to the Emergency Committee.

  • On the 3rd day, a reminder is sent to the Emergency Committee and Senior Management Team.

  • On the 4th day, an escalation email is sent to the Senior Management Team and CEO.

Here, any user from the Emergency Committee can perform the transition Plan and implement. When a user performs this transition, they will be prompted to fill out a multilevel checklist.

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Once the change is implemented, it must be evaluated. This transition is automated by time with a wait period of one day. After one day, the transition takes place automatically and the job moves to the next stage.

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Post-implementation review is crucial for emergency changes as it helps teams evaluate the effectiveness of the change. The Quality Analysis Team can click the Start incident tracking button to address individual incidents. Once the incident has been studied, a report can be attached by clicking the File report button.

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Finally, once the emergency change is implemented in the organization, the Assignee can close the request by clicking Close request and uploading the Post change analysis report. One day after the job is completed, the change management report will be emailed to the senior management team.

Case 2: Change Type = Non-emergency

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Note:

  • Since the job moves through different teams, we've color coded the images to differentiate the actions of each user.
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The job starts in the Change request submitted stage. The assignee of the job can review the change by clicking the Pickup for review button. The assignee will be prompted to attach the Change report.

Once the report is filed, the Assignee transfers the job to the Senior Management Team for evaluation by clicking Send for risk assessment.

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Any user from the Senior Management Team can take over the job by performing the Approve change or Reject change transition. They will need to add a comment in the Comments field when they perform either action.

If the change is approved, an email about the change will be sent to all the employees of the organization.

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If a change is rejected, the Assignee can appeal this by clicking Appeal Change. The user will be prompted to upload a file in the Updated crisis change document field.

If the change is approved, the Start step-by-step implementation transition will take place automatically the job will move to the next stage.

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This stage contains 3 parallel transitions: Change planning, Change assessment, and Change forecasting, which the assignee can perform. Only after all of these transitions are completed, can the job move to the next stage.

The Assessment report, Planning report, and Forecasting report must to be submitted respectively for these three transitions.

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Once all the parallel transitions are complete, the job moves to the Senior Management Team, who can approve the submitted reports. When a member of the team clicks Approve, a checklist pop-up appears.

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Once the plan is approved, the Assignee can start implementing the change by clicking Begin implementation.

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Once the change is implemented, the Evaluate change post implementation transition takes place automatically after a wait period of three days.

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Finally, once the emergency change is implemented in the organization, the Assignee can close the request by clicking Close request and uploading the Post change analysis report. One day after the job is completed, the change management report will be emailed to the Senior Management team.

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