Hi,

I'm hired by a company that told me the business is reluctant to change, and that I would have a hard time to propose changes in the organization.

I'm working now already 2 months, and I figured out that not the business users are reluctant to change, but the other business analysts mindset is wrong! Their attitude is 'the business is happy with the way they work', but by doing some business improvement, we have already decommissioned one application completely to great satisfactory of all business users! It is a schoolbook example on how business analysts should not work and forget an important step: improvements.

I'm looking for a way to bring in the new spririt to find better ways of doing the business analysis with the team. Does anyone has success stories how they have accomplished a mindset change, and how this is done? Should I write a blog on the sharepoint? Do a presentation? Does anyone has some material?

Thanks!

 Locusta you are in the business of chnage management! Well done and good luck.

When you say you want to bring in a sprit of chnage you need to understand why people buy in and resist change.  As the new guy bide your time a liittle and ensure you have support from a senior person before you chnage too much.

You should read some work by John Kotter.  He has written several books on managing change.  Very ueful and insightful.

It sounds like a great situation before you.  When you have the right support mechanisms in place (incuding some form of authority) consider things like lunchbox sessions, retrospectives, TQM or Kanban style continous improvements.  There is a world of info out there.